Comic Title: Action Comics #34
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: January 23, 1941 Copyright Date January 22, 1941
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 Coal Mine Heiress)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Jack Burnley

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC (1998)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 5 TPB (2008)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #9; next appearance in World's Best Comics #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #9; next appearance in World's Best Comics #1)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #9; next appearance in World's Best Comics #1)

Villain(s)

• Jim Laurey (Doris Laurey’s uncle; no further appearances)
• Crawford (a mine manager; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Doris Laurey (a mining heiress; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Heiress Doris Laurey has inherited her father’s valuable coal mine. Clark Kent visits the mine to get the story, but is sent away by Laurey’s uncle, Jim. Investigating further as Superman, he saves Doris from death inside the mine.

Frightened by the experience, Doris meets with her uncle who tries to poison her, but is stopped by the Man of Steel. Jim Laurey then tries to kill both of them, but Superman’s powers overcome the crook. After apprehending Jim and his partner, the mine manager Crawford, Superman saves the mine from a bomb planted by the crooks.