Comic Title: Action Comics #49
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: April 17, 1942 Copyright Date April 14, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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 Last Shipment"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Congo Bill (of Earth-1)

Writer/Artist: Fred Ray

Feature Character(s)

• Congo Bill (last appearance in Action Comics #48; next appearance in Action Comics #50)

Villain(s)

• Several Japanese soldiers (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (first Earth-1 appearance; last appearance in Blackhawk #262; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Broadway Charlie (an American pilot; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Ah Hee (a Chinese girl; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Congo Bill is sent to China by the President to protect a convoy transporting critical supplies along the Burma Road. Along the way Bill meets a Chinese girl, an American pilot, and a group of guerrillas. The guerrillas turn out to be Japanese agents sent to stop the transports. Bill is captured after discovering their plan, but he is rescued by the pilot, Broadway Charlie. The Japanese then create a roadblock. The girl, Ah Hee, drives a truck filled with dynamite into the enemy forces. Broadway Charlie draws fire away from her. Both are killed, but their actions allow Congo Bill to lead the convoy to its destination.