Comic Title: Action Comics #40
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: July 22, 1941 Copyright Date July 18, 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.

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

Notes:
This issue contains a 3-page ad for the Star-Spangled Kid debuting in Star-Spangled Comics #1.

Title: (The Purple Gang)
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Mr. America (of Earth-2)

Writer: Ken L. Fitch
Artist: Bernard Baily

Feature Character(s)

• Mr. America (last appearance in Action Comics #39; next appearance in Action Comics #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bob Daley (last appearance in Action Comics #38; next appearance in Action Comics #42)

Villain(s)

• Purple (aka Stromb; a foreign agent; no further appearances)
• The Purple Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Weston and his housekeeper (no further appearances)
• Joe Gorden and Ralph Bolt (farmers; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
While vacationing in the small town of Serena, Mr. America witnesses a group of townspeople called the Purple Gang attack a newspaper editor. Mr. America rescues the editor and learns that the gang has been terrorizing the town as false patriots. Mr. America exposes their leader as a foreign agent. The gang realizes they've been duped and ceases their activities.