Comic Title: Action Comics #17
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1939
Approx. On Sale Date: August 31, 1939 Copyright Date August 24, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1939
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: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: (The Return of Gorrah)
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Tex Thomson

Writer/Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Tex Thomson (last appearance in Action Comics #16; next appearance in Action Comics #18)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (last appearance in Action Comics #16; next appearance in Action Comics #18)
• Gargantua T. Potts (last appearance in Action Comics #16; next appearance in Action Comics #18)

Villain(s)

• The Gorrah (last appearance in Action Comics #3; next appearance in Action Comics #18)
• Two street thieves (Omar named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Turkish Prime Minister and his aid (next appearance in Action Comics #18)
• Ali-Baba (a large Turk; next appearance in Action Comics #18)
• Three unnamed sailors (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in the fifth story of Action Comics #18.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Tex is summoned to Istanbul by the Prime Minister of Turkey. He is requested to uncover a plot to sabotage the naval fleet protecting the country from attack. Disguised as a Turk, Tex wanders the streets of Istanbul picking up Ali-Baba, a large Turkish man, as a companion and guide. Tex soon spots his old foe the Gorrah and follows the fiend back to his lair. The Gorrah manages to trap Tex and Ali-Baba, grateful to finally have a chance at revenge against Thomson.