Comic Title: Action Comics #82
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1945
Approx. On Sale Date: January 17, 1945 Copyright Date January 15, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Water Sprite"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Artist: Ira Yarbrough

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 5 HC (2007)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 HC (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #33; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #33; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #17)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #33; next appearance in Superman #34)

Villain(s)

• The Water Sprite (Kenneth Darby; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Nellie Thornley and her father, and the Mayor of Annisdale (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A mysterious water sprite begins causing trouble near the town of Annisdale. Lois and Clark are sent to cover the story for the Daily Planet. The sprite causes a flood by breaking a levee. Superman contains the flood, but the sprite escapes.

The damage to the levee causes the people of Annisdale to demand a dam. The mayor caves in and agrees to build it. As construction begins, the sprite returns. Superman helps with the construction because workers are too scared to continue.

During his time at the dam, Superman learns that poor quality building supplies have been used to build the dam. He then plants a story in the Daily Planet to lure the sprite from hiding. When the sprite shows himself, Superman captures him, revealing the troublemaker as Kenneth Darby.

Darby used the sprite costume to convince the city to build the dam. Then his construction company could make profits by using poor quality material. When the dam failed, the sprite would be blamed again.