Comic Title: Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2016
On Sale Date: March 16, 2016 Direct Market Date March 16, 2016
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Direct Market Date March 16, 2016
Source: Previews, #327

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 384
Editor: Paul Santos

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Superman and the Numbers Racket"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #16 (1939)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #15; next appearance in Superman #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #15; next appearance in Superman #2)

Villain(s)

• The Police Commissioner and his men (no further appearances)
• Marty Kaye and his men (proprietor of a gambling establishment; no further appearances)
• Jack O’Leary (a racketeer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A suicidal thief and several gamblers (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
Superman saves a confessed thief from committing suicide. The man is distraught over having gambled away his money. The next day, as Clark Kent, Superman sets out to crack down on gamblers. He visits the police commissioner who refuses to act on Clark’s concerns.

Superman goes out and finds several gambling rings, destroying each. Within one of the gambling dens, a racketeer calls city hall for help against the Man of Steel. The police commissioner arrives, and Superman learns that he is on the take. Superman threatens the commissioner and the racketeers, forcing them out of town.