Comic Title: Action Comics #5
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1938
Approx. On Sale Date: September 6, 1938 Copyright Date August 25, 1938
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1938
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: 64
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: "The Egyptian Wizard"
Pages: 12

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

Writer/Artist: Fred B. Guardineer

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in Action Comics #4; next appearance in Action Comics #6)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tong (last appearance in Action Comics #4; next appearance in Action Comics #6)

Villain(s)

• Amen-Hotep (an Egyptian wizard; next appearance in Justice League of America #51)
• A priestess of Isis (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Dunn and members of his expedition (George named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Zatara meets a member of an expedition who has fled from the Temple of Philae. Zatara investigates the temple and learns that the other members of the expedition are trapped inside. Zatara enters the temple and battles the magic of Egyptian wizard Amen-Hotep. He locates the missing expedition members and rescues them. Then Zatara returns to battle Amen-Hotep. Once the wizard is defeated, the temple is safe for the expedition members to explore.