Comic Title: Action Comics #20
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1940
On Sale Date: December 1, 1939 Newsstand Date December 1, 1939
Source: House Ad, Superman #3, Page 26

Copyright Date November 24, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: (Superman and the Screen Siren)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC (1998)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 2 TPB (2007)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #3; next appearance in Action Comics #21)

Supporting Character(s)

• George Taylor (last appearance in Superman #3; next appearance in Action Comics #21)

Villain(s)

• Ultra-Humanite (last appearance in Action Comics #19; next appearance in Action Comics #21)
• Ultra’s henchmen (no further appearances)
• An unnamed assassin (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dolores Winters (dies in this story; body is taken over by Ultra; no further appearances)
• Several wealthy movie directors, actors, writers, and producers (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story mentions Superman’s telescopic vision as well as showing his super-breath for the first time.

Ultra who was apparently killed in the first story of Action Comics #19 has survived in the body of Dolores Winters.

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:
Clark takes a business vacation to Hollywood and saves the life of actress Dolores Winters from an assassin. Winters agrees to give Clark an interview later, but when Clark arrives she dismisses him coldly.

The next day, Dolores announces her retirement and invites several wealthy people aboard a yacht. She then kidnaps them at gunpoint and vanishes with them. The next day she radios in a ransom demand for five million dollars.

Superman learns where the money is to be delivered and tracks it to a submarine which picks up the money. He follows the sub to a hidden destination, where Winters and her men plan to kill the hostages.

Superman infiltrates the hide-out and comes face-to-face with Winters. The eyes remind Superman of his deceased foe Ultra. She reveals that she is in fact the evil mastermind. Ultra’s men revived his body long enough to place his brain into the body of Dolores Winters. Superman is able to save the hostages, but Ultra escapes without a trace.