Comic Title: Action Comics #30
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: September 24, 1940 Copyright Date September 20, 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: (A Summer Snow)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Jack Burnley

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC (1998)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 4 TPB (2008)
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 #29; next appearance in Superman #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #29; next appearance in Superman #7)
• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #28; next appearance in Action Comics #484)

Villain(s)

• Zolar and his female accomplice (pretends to be Laura Vogel; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Zolar’s henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Carlton Vogel, Laura Vogel, and his expedition (archaeologist; all die in this story; no further appearances)
• Bob Calvert (a weather man; no further appearances)

Comments:
George Taylor is still the editor of the Daily Planet in this story indicating it must occur chronologicially prior to the first story of Superman #7 where Perry White takes over.

This story was originally not titled.

Synopsis:
When an out of season snow storm strikes Metropolis, Superman investigates and meets Laura Vogel who claims to have information. She is kidnapped by some arabs using a globe gun device which kills people, leaving only their shadows behind.

Meanwhile, Carlton Vogel, an archaeologist and Laura’s brother, approaches the lost city of Ulonda with his expedition. More arabs attack using globe weapons, killing Carlton and his men.

Superman finally catches up to the group that took Laura, but is knocked out by their weapon. He is captured, but learns that the man behind everything is Zolar. Superman frees himself and Laura, then tires to prevent Zolar from invading Ulonda. Superman is able to catch his foe, but Laura turns out to be an agent of Zolar, as the real Laura was killed sometime earlier. Laura uses the globe weapon on Superman, but it backfires, killing her and Zolar.