Comic Title: Action Comics #45
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: December 17, 1941 Copyright Date December 15, 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: (The Thunderbolt)
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Mr. America (of Earth-2)

Writer: Ken L. Fitch
Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Mr. America (last appearance in Action Comics #41; next appearance in Action Comics #42)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (aka Fatman; last appearance in Action Comics #44; next appearance in Action Comics #46)

Villain(s)

• The Thunderbolt and his gang (Smitty named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Benson (head of a truck company; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

This story takes place before Mr. America received his flying carpet and Bob Daley became Fat Man in the fifth story of Action Comics #42.

Fat Man introduces this story, but does not appear within.

Synopsis:
Acting on a tip Mr. America waits for crooks who plan to steal a supply of gold. Thunderbolt, the leader of the crooks, uses a weapon that fires charges of electricity that knocks out Mr. America. The crooks then escape with the gold. When he regains consciousness, Mr. America traces the truck used by the crooks to the Benson Trucking Company. Mr. America rescues Benson, who has been attacked by Thunderbolt and his men. He then finds the crooks, and uses salt water to cause the electrical weapon to backfire. Mr. America then apprehends them and recovers the stolen gold which was going to be used to fund a foreign invasion.