Comic Title: Action Comics #31
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: October 24, 1940 Copyright Date October 23, 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: (The Hand of Morpheus)
Pages: 12

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 Superman #7; next appearance in DC Special #29)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Superman #8)

Villain(s)

• Baron Munsdorf, Kolb, and a member of a spy ring (all die in this story; no further appearances)
• Some bank robbers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Hunter (a scientist; no further appearances)
• The citizens of Brentville (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Clark and Lois drive through the town of Brentville and discover everyone has been put to sleep. Lois also falls asleep, causing Clark to call the police for help. When the police arrive they also fall asleep. Clark uses a gas mask to move around town, and gives one to Lois also, which revives her.

They find a bank robbery in progress conducted by some crooks in gas masks. More police arrive wearing gas masks. They take the robbers, along with Lois and Clark into custody. The police don’t believe that the reporters were not associated with the gang, so they are locked up.

Clark escapes as Superman and traces the malady to a gas invented by Professor Hunter. He has been kidnapped by some spies led by Baron Munsdorf. After killing his associates, Munsdorf tries to kill Superman with a death-ray, but is instead killed himself. Professor Hunter explains everything to the authorities, which results in the release of Lois and Clark.