Comic Title: Action Comics #40
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: July 22, 1941 Copyright Date July 18, 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

Notes:
This issue contains a 3-page ad for the Star-Spangled Kid debuting in Star-Spangled Comics #1.

Title: (The Death of Avila)
Pages: 4

Feature(s):
Black Pirate (of Earth-1)

Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Feature Character(s)

• Black Pirate (last appearance in Action Comics #39; next appearance in Action Comics #41)

Villain(s)

• Don De Avila (spelled Avilla in this story; dies in this story; last appearance in Action Comics #39; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bonnie (last appearance in Action Comics #39; next appearance in Action Comics #41)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

This story is continued from the third story of Action Comics #39.

Synopsis:
The Black Pirate breaks into the villa of Don De Avila and forces him to reveal where Bonnie is being held. Avila then tries to attack Jon from behind, but Valor suspected the attack and repels it. Valor then defeats De Avila in a swordfight and rescues Bonnie from the dungeons.