Comic Title: Action Comics #42
Publisher: DC
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: September 24, 1941 Copyright Date September 19, 1941
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.

Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Ship Spies)
Pages: 4

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

Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Feature Character(s)

• Black Pirate (last appearance in Action Comics #41; next appearance in Sensation Comics #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bonnie (last appearance in Action Comics #41; next appearance in Sensation Comics #1)

Villain(s)

• Two cutthroats and their crew (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Members of the Black Pirate's crew (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Seeking to take revenge upon the Black Pirate, a band of cutthroats plant a spy aboard Jon Valor's ship. The spy locks Valor in his cabin, then signals his compatriots. The Black Pirate escapes his room through the window and rallies his men to defeat the attacking ship and the spy.