Comic Title: Action Comics #12
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1939
Approx. On Sale Date: April 4, 1939 Copyright Date March 24, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1939
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: (Queen of the Malays)
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Tex Thomson

Writer/Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Tex Thomson (last appearance in Action Comics #11; next appearance in Action Comics #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (last appearance in Action Comics #11; next appearance in Action Comics #13)

Villain(s)

• A high priest (dies in this story; last appearance in Action Comics #11; no further appearances)
• Kiratt (the twin brother of the high priest; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chester Raynolds and Deborah (last appearance in Action Comics #11; no further appearances)
• A female princess (last appearance in Action Comics #11; no further appearances)
• Koingto (a guard; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Captain Devoe and his men (last appearance in Action Comics #11; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from the fifth story of Action Comics #11.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Having completed three deadly challenges Tex earns the right to marry the princess of a small island kingdom. Tex doesn't want to go through with the marriage. The high priest doesn't want the marriage to succeed either.

The high priest tries to kidnap Deborah, the ward of Lord Reynolds. When Tex stops him, the princess orders his death in boiling acid. However, the priest then appears to return from the dead to trap Tex.

Deborah runs back to the ship and summons Captain Devoe. The sailor rescue Tex and Lord Reynolds. The Tex shoots the high priest to protect the princess. Tex proves that the man he shot was really the priest's twin brother. He is then allowed to leave the island without marrying the princess.