Comic Title: Action Comics #25
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: April 23, 1940 Copyright Date April 24, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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: (Amnesiac Robbers)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Paul Cassidy

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC (1998)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 3 TPB (2007)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #24; next appearance in Superman #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #4; next appearance in Superman #5)
• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #24; next appearance in Superman #5)

Villain(s)

• Medini and his men (a renowned hypnotist; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A bank messenger, two armored car drivers, the police commissioner, the mayor, a banker, Mr. Galbraith, and several police officers (no further appearances)

Comments:
Lois tries to learn Superman’s secret identity for the first time.

This story was originally not titled.

Synopsis:
Several bank messengers have developed amnesia while delivering funds. No trace of the money is found and the messengers remember nothing. Clark Kent writes an article on the robberies which draws public pressure on the police. Clark then learns about a reknowned hypnotist, Medini, from Lois Lane. Lois goes to visit Medini followed by Superman.

Lois wants to learn Superman’s secret identity from Medini. The crook hypnotizes Lois, while Superman sneaks in and takes care of Medini’s assistant who is faking a supernatural voice. Worried that Lois, as a reporter, will expose him, Medini tries to blank Lois’s memory. Superman bursts in the room and is weakened by Medini’s hypnotic power.

Medini escapes with Lois and travels aboard a transport plane carrying gold. He hypnotizes passengers and crew, forcing it to land where the gold can be removed. Then his assistant flies the plane up and bails out, leaving it to crash. Superman, having finally overcome Medini’s spell, arrives to save the plane, rescue Lois, catch the thieves, and recover the gold.