Comic Title: Action Comics #27
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: June 25, 1940 Copyright Date June 21, 1940
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
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Return of the Gorrah"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Tex Thomson

Writer/Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Tex Thomson (last appearance in Action Comics #26; next appearance in Action Comics #28)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (last appearance in Action Comics #26; next appearance in Action Comics #28)
• Miss X (last appearance in Action Comics #26; next appearance in Action Comics #29)
• D.A. Maloney (last appearance in Action Comics #26; next appearance in Action Comics #28)

Villain(s)

• The Gorrah (last appearance in Action Comics #18; next appearance in Action Comics #28)
• The Rat-Men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tiger Dixon (a boxer; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Reb Horton (Dixon's manager; no further appearances)
• Bomber Brennen and Joey Gonomi (no further appearances)

Comments:
D.A. Maloney’s daughter is called Janice in this story, and is the secret identity of Miss X.

Synopsis:
The Gorrah is responsible for the murder of a boxing champ. He then lures Tex Thomson into a trap. Tex is drugged and injected with a mind-control formula which allows the Gorrah to control him. Miss X is able to restore his senses, and he turns on the Gorrah, freeing the captive Bob Daley and taking the villain into custody.