Comic Title: Action Comics #32
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: November 21, 1940 Copyright Date November 22, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Preston Gambling Racket)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Jack Burnley

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC (1998)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 5 TPB (2008)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Action Comics #33)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Action Comics #33)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Action Comics #33)

Villain(s)

• Preston and his men (gambling racketeers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A suicidal man, the Mayor, the Mayor’s son, and a doctor (no further appearances)

Comments:
Superman creates the Krypto Ray-Gun; a device which takes pictures, then can project them onto a wall. This item was also sold as a toy.

Lois learns Superman’s secret identity, but she forgets it due to the influence of Preston’s drug.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
After saving a man from a suicide attempt, Superman, as Clark Kent, confronts the Mayor about the Preston Club which is a gambling den. When they arrive, the evidence is hidden from view, leaving Preston free from charges.

Lois goes undercover to get into the club and gather evidence. When the owner learns she is a reporter, she is forced to drink poison which leaves her a zombie. In her zombie state, Lois sees Superman change into Clark Kent. Only by using mental hypnosis is Superman able to cure Lois. Fortunately though, she recalls nothing that happened while drugged.

Superman then smashes the gambling ring and uses the Krypto Ray-Gun to gather evidence. The Mayor was involved as well because his son was turned into a zombie by Preston. Superman cures the boy, and brings the guilty parties to justice.