Comic Title: Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1998
On Sale Date: December 10, 1997 Direct Market Date December 10, 1997
Source: ComicList, Diamond : New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 10, 1997

Direct Market Date December 10, 1997
Source: Usenet, Late Comics Report for the week of December 11, 1997

Shipping Date December 10, 1997
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #1256

Direct Market Date December 17, 1997
Source: ComicList, Diamond : New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 17, 1997

Copyright Date November 28, 1997
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1997

Direct Market Date November 26, 1997
Source: Previews, Vol. 7 #9 (#105)

Shipping Date November 26, 1997
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #1254

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: (Superman and the Numbers Racket)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #16 (1939)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #15; next appearance in Superman #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #15; next appearance in Superman #2)

Villain(s)

• The Police Commissioner and his men (no further appearances)
• Marty Kaye and his men (proprietor of a gambling establishment; no further appearances)
• Jack O’Leary (a racketeer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A suicidal thief and several gamblers (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
Superman saves a confessed thief from committing suicide. The man is distraught over having gambled away his money. The next day, as Clark Kent, Superman sets out to crack down on gamblers. He visits the police commissioner who refuses to act on Clark’s concerns.

Superman goes out and finds several gambling rings, destroying each. Within one of the gambling dens, a racketeer calls city hall for help against the Man of Steel. The police commissioner arrives, and Superman learns that he is on the take. Superman threatens the commissioner and the racketeers, forcing them out of town.