Comic Title: Action Comics #44
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: November 19, 1941 Copyright Date November 17, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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: (Theft by Rocket)
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joseph Sulman

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #4; next appearance in Action Comics #45)

Villain(s)

• Agents of a foreign government (Kurtz and Hans named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A group of aluminum miners (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Zatara visits a newly discovered aluminum mine in Utah. He learns that the excavation crew has been abducted by a strange aircraft. Zatara quickly locates the ship. When he boards, he finds foreign agents are responsible for the work crew's abduction. Zatara rescues the crew and prevents the theft of the valuable aluminum.