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: "Crimes by Coincidence"
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Joseph Sulman

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in Action Comics #54; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #8)

Villain(s)

• Al Torponi and his henchmen (racketeers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Various accident victims (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Racket boss Al Torponi orders his men to set up a series of murders to look like accidents. When Zatara saves one of the victims, he learns that the accidents are deliberate. He saves several other victims and traces the men back to Torponi. With the help of a magically created brick man, Zatara defeats Torponi and his gang.