Comic Title: Action Comics #33
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: December 24, 1940 Copyright Date December 20, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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 Origin of Mr. America)
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Ken L. Fitch
Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Mr. America (Tex Thomson becomes Mr. America; last appearance in Action Comics #32; next appearance in Action Comics #34)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (last appearance in Action Comics #32; next appearance in Action Comics #34)
• D.A. Maloney (last appearance in Action Comics #31; next appearance in Action Comics #43)

Villain(s)

• Pratt (a defense coordinator; no further appearances)
• A gang of saboteurs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A ship captain (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Tex Thomson resigns from his job cleaning up the local rackets to join the war relief effort. He boards a relief ship bound for Europe, but the ship meets with sabotage. The crew and passengers including Tex are all presumed dead.

Tex survives by clinging to debris until he is picked up by another ship. He returns to America and dedicates himself to protecting the country. To accomplish his mission, Tex dons a costume and dyes his hair becoming Mr. America.

For his first mission, Mr. America tracks down the saboteurs responsible for the destruction of the war relief ship. He discovers Pratt, a war official, is leading the saboteurs. Mr. America exposes and captures Pratt effectively shutting down his ring of saboteurs. After the mission Bob Daley learns that Tex is still alive and agrees to keep Mr. America's true identity a secret.