Comic Title: Action Comics #42
Publisher: DC
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: September 24, 1941 Copyright Date September 19, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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.

Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Origin of the Vigilante)
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Mort Weisinger
Artist: Mort Meskin

Reprinted In:
Secret Origins #4 (1973)
Action Comics 80 Years of Superman:The Deluxe Edition HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Vigilante (next appearance in Action Comics #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Betty Stuart (a Blues singer; next appearance in Action Comics #43)

Villain(s)

• Killer Kelly and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sheriff Sanders (Greg Sanders’s father; no further appearances)
• Greg's unnamed grandfather (no further appearances)
• An unnamed prison doctor (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story includes a brief flashback, revealing Vigilante’s origin.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
After witnessing the execution of convicted felon Killer Kelly, the Vigilante resumes his role as prairie troubadour, Greg Sanders. However, Kelly’s death was faked with help of the prison doctor. Free from prison, Kelly resumes his gangland activities, only to be stopped again by the Vigilante.