- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Talon [Albert Caldwell] (introduction); Ultra-Humanite (cameo); Eustace Watson (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Lois first suspects that Clark Kent is Superman, but he quickly convinces her he is not with some razzle dazzle super speed.
- Reprints
Pencils credited to John Sikela in Superman Archives 5. This is the only story during the 1940's in which Lois thinks Clark is Superman.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Sergeant Casey; Watkins (introduction)
- Reprints
Superman has a yellow "S" on red background on his cape.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; George Brant; Nat Folsom; Mike Mosby; Jake Massey (introduction)
- Reprints
First appearance of Superman's Mountain Retreat, the precursor to the Fortress of Solitude.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lex Luthor
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Powerstone
Sequel to story in ACTION COMICS #47.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Carl Bland (introduction)
- Reprints
Superman has a red "S" on yellow background on his cape.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ken Mellow; Glenn Calloway; Lex Luthor
- Reprints
- Keywords
- meteorites
Superman has a yellow "S" on yellow background on his cape.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Ed Dobrotka (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Rita Allen; John Fleming; Count Armaund; Man With the Cane [Jim Mason]
- Synopsis
- Perry goes on vacation and leaves Lois as editor.
- Reprints
Superman has a yellow "S" in yellow shield on his cape, except when it's red.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Big Luke; Matt Hickey; The Snake [Bill Chantey]
- Reprints
Yellow S on yellow Shield on cape.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Ed Dobrotka
- Inks
- John Sikela
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sergeant Casey; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Funnyface (introduction); Detective Craig; Prince Peril; Solitary Rider; Streak Duga; Happy Daze; Torgo; Machine-Gun Mike; Black Raider; Goola; Viper
- Reprints
Funny Face is a dead ringer for Jerry Siegel.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Skeet Monahan
- Reprints
Most of the story is a dream. Superman has a yellow "S" on his cape.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Mr. Z [Oscar Lanchester]
- Reprints
Superman has a red "S" on his cape, except when it's yellow.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (pencil layouts); Ed Dobrotka (finished pencils)
- Inks
- John Sikela
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White
- Synopsis
- Clark and Lois go to the movies to watch the first Fleischer Superman cartoon, "The Mad Scientist."
- Reprints
The Archives do not credit Shuster's pencil layouts. This story is sometimes included in lists of "Imaginary Stories" but technically it's not.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Ed Dobrotka (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (cameo); The Prankster (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ironjaw Grogan (introduction); Puzzler (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A practical joke by Lois exposes Clark's secret identity, forcing Clark Kent to "masquerade" as Superman.
- Reprints
Newspaper text on splash mentions Ed Dobrotka, Wayne Boring, Whitney Ellsworth, Harry Donenfeld, & Jack Liebowitz. Superman has a yellow "S" on his cape.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Ed Dobrotka (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Tom; Adolf Hitler; Herr Fange
- Synopsis
- Superman battles a Nazi controlled Sea Serpent.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cal Johnson; Herman the Heroic [Herman Hoskins](introduction); Leopard [Sam Kennedy]
- Synopsis
- Superman meets Herman the Heroic, a superhero wannabe.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Harlow Gates; Jim Cameron; Peter Fellows; Philip Brandon; Jake Clymer; Morton Thornton; PuzzlerSuperman; The Puzzler
- Synopsis
- The Puzzler, defeated in various card championships, vows to escape from prison and kill every one of the winners.
- Reprints
yellow S on cape. Pencils credited to Ed Dobrotka in the Archive.
- Script
- Joe Desris; Rich Morrissey; Mark Waid
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- biography
bios of Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster; Jack Burnley; Ed Dobrotka; Leo Nowak; Fred Ray; and John Sikela.