Comic Title: Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1998
On Sale Date: September 9, 1998 Direct Market Date August 12, 1998
Source: Previews, Vol. 8 #6 (#114)

Direct Market Date September 9, 1998
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 9, 1998

Direct Market Date September 9, 1998
Source: Usenet, Late Comics Report for the week of September 12, 1998

Shipping Date September 9, 1998
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #1296

Shipping Date August 26, 1998
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #1294

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 232
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: (The Preston Gambling Racket)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Jack Burnley

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #32 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Action Comics #33)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Action Comics #33)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Action Comics #33)

Villain(s)

• Preston and his men (gambling racketeers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A suicidal man, the Mayor, the Mayor’s son, and a doctor (no further appearances)

Comments:
Superman creates the Krypto Ray-Gun; a device which takes pictures, then can project them onto a wall. This item was also sold as a toy.

Lois learns Superman’s secret identity, but she forgets it due to the influence of Preston’s drug.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
After saving a man from a suicide attempt, Superman, as Clark Kent, confronts the Mayor about the Preston Club which is a gambling den. When they arrive, the evidence is hidden from view, leaving Preston free from charges.

Lois goes undercover to get into the club and gather evidence. When the owner learns she is a reporter, she is forced to drink poison which leaves her a zombie. In her zombie state, Lois sees Superman change into Clark Kent. Only by using mental hypnosis is Superman able to cure Lois. Fortunately though, she recalls nothing that happened while drugged.

Superman then smashes the gambling ring and uses the Krypto Ray-Gun to gather evidence. The Mayor was involved as well because his son was turned into a zombie by Preston. Superman cures the boy, and brings the guilty parties to justice.