Comic Title: Action Comics #43
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: October 17, 1941 Copyright Date October 14, 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 Boss of Forrest City)
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joseph Sulman

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in Action Comics #42; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #4)

Villain(s)

• Honeyboy Hannis and his men (racketeers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A building inspector (no further appearances)
• The Mayor of Forrest City (no further appearances)
• A construction foreman (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Zatara saves the life of a building inspector when a wall collapses. The magician learns that the builing is being constructed with inferior materials, but the inspector is too afraid of racket boss Honeyboy Hannis to report it. Zatara visits the mayor to report the problem and learns that even city officials are afraid of Honeyboy.

Zatara visits Honeyboy's office and fights off two henchmen. He demands that the gangster use proper construction materials. Honeyboy pretends to agree to Zatara's demands, but refuses to make the changes.

Zatara returns to the constuction site with the inspector. When he sees the inferior materials still being used, he uses magic to animate the bricks and boards. He then chases away Honeyboy's guards and returns to the racket boss's office. This time he scares Honeyboy into leaving town. The construction project is then completed using quality materials.