Golden Age Appearances of the Ray (1940-1955)
Issue |
Cover Appearance? |
Comment |
Reprinted In |
Smash Comics #14 |
No |
"The Origin of the Ray" - origin and 1st appearance |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #15 |
Yes |
"Cadava the Crumbler", vs Cadava the Crumbler |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #16 |
No |
(no title) - vs Bela Jat, a hindu mystic |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #17 |
Yes |
(no title) - vs. Stradivous |
Special Edition Series #2, Superman #252 |
Smash Comics #18 |
No |
(no title) - captures a league of dwarven train robbers |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #19 |
Yes |
(no title) - captures gangster "Slash" Scorponi |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #20 |
No |
(no title) - vs. crooks attempting to frighten to death the heir to a gold mine |
Special Edition Series #2, The Lou Fine Comics Treasury (1991) , Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #21 |
Yes |
(no title) - vs. Captain Blue, a criminal pirate |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #22 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Captain Blue |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #23 |
Yes |
(no title) - vs. Long Woo and gang in Los Angeles' Chinatown |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #24 |
No |
(no title) - captures spies at circus |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #25 |
Yes |
(no title) - captures racketeer Mitch Mouldin |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #26 |
No |
(no title) - captures saboteurs targeting Lend-Lease shipments |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #27 |
Yes |
(no title) - breaks up underground Axis spy ring |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #28 |
No |
(no title) - rounds up Zimmerman gang |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #29 |
No |
(no title) - rounds up Mexican assassins targeting the military in Texas |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #30 |
No |
(no title) - captures von Ribboncounter and his Axis associates |
Special Edition Series #2, Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #31 |
No |
(no title) - captures Monsieur Le Rat, a traitor to the Free French |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #32 |
No |
(no title) - Thwarts Axis agents on Greece |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #33 |
No |
(no title) - thwarts Japanese bombers in the Pacific |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #34 |
No |
(no title) - thwarts Nazi activity in Budapest |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #35 |
No |
(no title) - vs The Khan, a descendent of the Mongol tribes intent on invading Russia |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #36 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Hammer Hand, a Nazi agent |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #37 |
No |
(no title) - captures a Nazi agent with a photographic memory |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #38 |
No |
"The Man of One Hundred Heads" - captures a serial killer descended from a royal executioner |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #39 |
No |
(no title) - thwarts Nazi saboteurs blackmailing his newspaper |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Smash Comics #40 |
No |
(no title) - thwarts saboteurs at ship launching |
Gwandanaland Comics #217 |
Uncle Sam Comics #2 |
No |
"Revolt of the Villains" -cameo appearance only |
Gwandanaland Comics #1525 |