Superman
#1
(April 1950)
K. G. Murray,
1950 Series
- Price
- 6d [0-0-6 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Colour Comics Pty Ltd
- Editing
- ?
The Man Who Outsupered Superman
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor); Jack Schiff (original editor); Mort Weisinger (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #46 (May-June 1947)
-
[no title indexed]
Atomical Tom the Boy Inventor / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Pencils
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Letters
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just look at that--electricity off again!!
- Genre
- humour
- Reprints
The Man Who Out-Supered Superman
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel ?
- Pencils
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (ghosted for Joe Shuster)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Frustrated by the fact that his girl friend loves and adores Superman, Nelson Swayne vows to "out-super" Superman in five different events, all to be judged by prominent citizens of Metropolis. And, amazingly enough, his super-sharp brain figures out ways to do just that!
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #27 (March-April 1947)
-
High Man on a Flagpole
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- John Sikela
- Inks
- George Roussos ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual original editor); Mort Weisinger (actual original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #46 (May-June 1947)
-
Hurricane Hardy and the Metal Man
Hurricane Hardy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Hart Amos (signed)
- Pencils
- Hart Amos (signed)
- Inks
- Hart Amos (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
-
from Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #3 ([August 1947])
-
[no title indexed]
Lemmy Loo / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Lloyd Piper (signed)
- Pencils
- Lloyd Piper (signed)
- Inks
- Lloyd Piper (signed)
- Letters
- Lloyd Piper (signed)
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lub, old sport, we'll be searching all day...
- Genre
- humour
- Reprints
- from Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #3 ([August 1947])
-
[no title indexed]
Splinter / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Pencils
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Borella Swan (signed)
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A u-beaut circus on this afternoon!!
- Genre
- humour
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This story is probably sourced from the reprint in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #3, given the other reprints from that issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Man Who Outsupered Superman
Superman -
1.
["Just look at that--electricity off again!!"]
Atomical Tom the Boy Inventor -
2.
The Man Who Out-Supered Superman
Superman -
3.
High Man on a Flagpole
Superman -
4.
Hurricane Hardy and the Metal Man
Hurricane Hardy -
5.
["Lub, old sport, we'll be searching all day..."]
Lemmy Loo -
6.
["A u-beaut circus on this afternoon!!"]
Splinter
This issue was modified by
- Katie
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- James Zee
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