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 Peril of Ophir"
Pages: 11

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Fred B. Guardineer

Feature Character(s)

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

Villain(s)

• Setap (Queen of Ophir and Atlantis; next appearance in Action Comics #18)
• The people of Ophir (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• John and Beth Jordan (friends of Zatara; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While taking a cruise ship to Europe, Zatara meets his friends John and Beth Jordan. The three are soon abducted by people from the African city Ophir. The Queen of Ophir, Setap wants to use Beth to restore her own youth. Setap is successful, but Zatara uses his magic to destroy the city and force Setap to restore Beth to normal.