Golden Age Appearances of the Ray (1940-1955)

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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