Comic Title: Action Comics #31
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: October 24, 1940 Copyright Date October 23, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (Escape from the Mine)
Pages: 4

Feature(s):
Black Pirate (of Earth-1)

Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Feature Character(s)

• Black Pirate (last appearance in Action Comics #30; next appearance in Action Comics #32)

Villain(s)

• Captain Treble and his crewman (last appearance in Action Comics #30; next appearance in Action Comics #32)

Other Character(s)

• Slaves of Captain Treble (last appearance in Action Comics #30; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

This story is continued from the third story of Action Comics #30 and continues in the third story of Action Comics #32.

Synopsis:
The Black Pirate has been put to work as a slave in a mountain island mine. Working with the other slaves, Jon is able to dig an tunnel underground tunnel to the ocean. The water floods the mine forcing Captain Treble and his guards out of the mine. The slaves also try to make their escape in the rising waters, but Treble locks the hatch at the top of the mine, trapping them inside. The Black Pirate has already escaped and works on devising a plan to save the other slaves.