Comic Title: Action Comics #23
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: February 22, 1940 Copyright Date February 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 Man with the Rubber Face)
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Tex Thomson

Writer/Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Tex Thomson (last appearance in Action Comics #22; next appearance in Action Comics #24)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (last appearance in Action Comics #22; next appearance in Action Comics #24)
• Gargantua T. Potts (last appearance in Action Comics #21; next appearance in Action Comics #24)

Villain(s)

• A mad scientist and his assistant (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Delores Clark (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Tex and his friends are forced to land their plane in a remote area due to engine trouble. They locate a house nearby, so they pay the owner a visit. The owner turns out to be a mad scientist who has discovered a process for making synthetic flesh. He plans to use the discovery to masquerade as important people, earning himself wealth and power. The scientist imprisons Tex and his friends, but they manage to escape. Tex also rescues Delores Clark, another captive. When Tex confronts the scientist again, the evil man falls into a vat of sythetic flesh and dies.