Comic Title: Action Comics #55
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: October 16, 1942 Copyright Date October 13, 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: "A Modern Robinson Crusoe"
Pages: 6

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

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: Edwin J. Smalle, Jr.

Feature Character(s)

• Congo Bill (last appearance in Action Comics #54; next appearance in Action Comics #56)

Villain(s)

• Six Fingers Corcoran and his henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Matt Dunham (an island recluse; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
To escape society, recluse Matt Dunham has moved to a deserted island and built a home for himself. However gangster Six Fingers Corcoran finds the island and uses it for a hide-out, making a slave out of Dunham. Congo Bill searches the island for spies and finds the crooks. Using his jungle knowledge, Bill rescues Dunham and captures Corcoran and his gang.