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 Haunted Castle)
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Congo Bill (of Earth-1)

Writer/Artist: Fred Ray

Feature Character(s)

• Congo Bill (last appearance in Action Comics #44; next appearance in Action Comics #46)

Villain(s)

• Dick Baldwin and Tony (Birtish soldiers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Standish and Ann (an archaeologist and his daughter; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
While on an archaeological expedition in Syria, Congo Bill comes across a castle rumored to be haunted. Ann, the daughter of the archaeologist decides to investigate the castle and disappears. Bill begins looking for her and is attacked by a man in chain mail. Bill rescues Ann, then the knight falls to his death. Before dying the man explains that a treasure is hidden in the castle. He was trying to scare away intruders and had killed his partner. After the man dies, Bill discovers the treasure under the flagstone broken by the man's fall. Bill decides to use the treasure to aid victims from the war.