Comic Title: Action Comics #50
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: May 20, 1942 Copyright Date May 16, 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: "The Man Who Came Back"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Vigilante (Greg Sanders of Earth-2)

Penciller: Mort Meskin
Inker: Cliff Young

Feature Character(s)

• Vigilante (last appearance in Action Comics #49; next appearance in Action Comics #51)

Supporting Character(s)

• Stuff (last appearance in Action Comics #49; next appearance in Action Comics #51)

Villain(s)

• Spud Corliss, Leo Sordi, and their gangs (Riggo and Spike named; gangsters; no further appearances)
• The Crimson Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jerry Harms and Miss Frank (a politician and his secretary; no further appearances)
• Pete Bly and his father (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Politician Jerry Harms is threatened by Spud Corliss and his gang. Harms agrees not to send police after the gangster. Corliss and his gang are then free to operate openly, leading to death and mayhem. Harms regrets his decision and agrees to testify against Corliss, though it will cost him his political career. The gangster then sends a bomb to silence Harms.

Harms escapes the blast and assumes a new identity. However, Vigilante deduces that Harms is still alive. Corliss has kidnapped Stuff, so the Vigilante makes Harms cooperate. Vigilante is able to locate Corliss and his gang. Harms helps, but he is shot. Vigilante rescues Stuff and together they defeat Corliss. Harms survives and is pardoned for his crimes after showing heroism to make things right.