(September 2014)

IDW, 2013 Series
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Price
49.99 USD
Pages
190
On-sale Date
2014-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IDW Publishing
Brand
DC; IDW; The Library of American Comics
ISBN
978-1-63140-109-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781631401091 54999
Editing
Dean Mullaney (editor); Bruce Canwell (associate editor); Lorraine Turner (art director)

Issue Notes

Reprints Superman Sunday newspaper strips from Strip 354, August 11 1946 through Strip 520, October 16 1949.

Strip restoration by Joseph Ketels and Dean Mullaney.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pete Poplaski (credited)
Inks
Pete Poplaski (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wayne Boring (credited)
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

An Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Letters
typeset

A Wayne Boring Gallery (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

Pencils
Wayne Boring (credited)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Quarter page reprints of the covers of Superman 40,42,43,47,49,51,56,57

[Superman, Maid] (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz ?
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a beautiful, peaceful day in Metropolis but Lois Lane doesn't seem to think so...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Aunt Mathilda
Synopsis
Lois asks Superman to clean her apartment while she fetches Aunt Mathilda from the train station.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1946-08-11 – 1946-09-01

[Tom Catt’s Curiosity Crimes] (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Laden with bank funds, an armored car, en route to Metropolis, nears its destination.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Tom Catt (villain)
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1946-09-08 – 1946-11-03

[The Skeptics] (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At the office of the Daily Planet...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cy Nick; Doan Buleevit
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1946-11-10 – 1946-12-01

[Superman’s Service for Steve Kennedy] (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Superman gets more mail than most people
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Steve Kennedy; Miriam
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1946-12-08 – 1946-12-29

[The Insurance Policy] (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our dynamic story opens in the dynamic offices of the Dynamic Insurance Co.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Ronald Glittertooth; Alonzo Bonzo; Elmer Doolittle
Synopsis
An insurance agent needs to sell Superman a policy in order to save his job.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1947-01-05 - 1947-03-02

[The Lovesick Monster] (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel ?
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Biblical phrase "As ye sow, so shall ye reap" is a large part of the philosophy of Farmer Silas Hayseed
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Silas Hayseed; Lois Lane; Aunt Mathilda; Nosuch Monster
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1947-03-09 - 1947-04-27

[Police Chief Superman] (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a sleepy village became the site of a defense plant
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Inspector Curtin
Synopsis
Superman becomes police chief of Boomtown after his friend Inspector Curtin is injured.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1947-05-04 - 1947-06-22

[Cap'n Tobey's Mammoth Carnival] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger ?
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cap'n Tobey's Mammoth Carnival, one of the really oldtime circus shows, has been playing to poor business
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Cap'n Tobey; Flim; Flam; Lois Lane
Synopsis
Flim and Flam, too confidence men, charge Cap'n Tobey $5,000 to have Superman perform at his circus. Superman decides to actually show up. Meanwhile, a mob of gangsters decide to elect as their leader, whichever one manages to kill Superman while he's performing at the circus.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1947-06-29 - 1947-08-17

[Superman, Huckster] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the offices of High-Pressure Advertisers, Inc, two ex-Gis discuss a post-war business venture..
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Sam; Hank; Lois
Synopsis
Sam and Hank want Superman to help them sell hot dogs. But a competitor has Superman declared unfair competition and forces him to agree to not helping them advertise anywhere on Earth. So Superman puts ads on the Moon.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1947-08-24 - 1947-09-28

[Superbabe!] (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At Clayton Field, just outside Metropolis, where leading scientists are engaged in important peace-time atomic research...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Colfax Gang (villains); Edward Benton
Synopsis
When a nuclear reaction turns Superman into an infant he hires a down and out hobo, Edward Benton, to replace him as Clark Kent. Things get complicated when the hobo falls in love with Lois and refuses to quit after Superman's normal size is restored.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1947-10-05 - 1948-02-15

Indexer Notes

Last Sunday with Siegel and Shuster by line 1/4/1948

[Cleopatra] (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
AT Metropolis Observatory, astronomers anxiously study the erratic behavior of a new comet...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Cleopatra; Mark Antony; Lois Lane
Synopsis
Superman accidentally goes back in time to ancient Egypt and gets involved in a love triangle with Antony and Cleopatra.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1948-02-22 - 1948-04-25

[One Hundred Forty Million Miles from Earth] (Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One Hundred Forty Million Miles from Earth
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Toval; Gobbij; Lois Lane
Synopsis
Superman and Lois are abducted and taken to Mars
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1948-05-02 - 1948-07-18
Keywords
Mars

[The Talking Dog] (Table of Contents: 16)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz; Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As the Man of Steel makes his way home through a dank rany night..
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Nicky Nichols; Angus
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1948-07-25 - 1948-10-03

[Smartypants] (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring (signed)
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the office of Professor Skynhedd
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; C C Skynhedd; Smartypants
Synopsis
A child psychologist thinks children should be left to their own decision making.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1948-10-10 - 1948-11-21

Indexer Notes

First Sundays signed by Wayne Boring.

[The Magic Carpet] (Table of Contents: 18)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring (signed)
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Returning to Metropolis after completing an assignment, Lois and Clark enjoy a brief stopover in the little town of Orrburg
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; George Paley
Synopsis
Superman plays a practical joke making George Paley think he owns a flying carpet. Then he gets stuck dealing with the consequences.
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1948-11-28 - 1949-01-30

[The Golden Sword] (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring (signed)
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Superman, acting for the Metropolis Botanical Society, seeks certain flora in the Amazon jungles..
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Mobo; Baron Ahkar; Edor
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1949-02-06 - 1949-04-10

[The Super Stand-In] (Table of Contents: 20)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring (signed)
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A public figure like Superman leads a very complicated life.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Mike; Flossie
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1949-04-17 - 1949-07-03

[Firehead] (Table of Contents: 21)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Wayne Boring (signed)
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everybody seems to be having a gay time, Clark.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Eddie Ward; Lucy; Lady Deena
Reprints
  • from Superman Sunday (McClure) 1949-07-10 - 1949-10-16
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  3. 2. An Introduction
  4. 3. A Wayne Boring Gallery
    Superman
  5. 4. [Superman, Maid]
    Superman
  6. 5. [Tom Catt’s Curiosity Crimes]
    Superman
  7. 6. [The Skeptics]
    Superman
  8. 7. [Superman’s Service for Steve Kennedy]
    Superman
  9. 8. [The Insurance Policy]
    Superman
  10. 9. [The Lovesick Monster]
    Superman
  11. 10. [Police Chief Superman]
    Superman
  12. 11. [Cap'n Tobey's Mammoth Carnival]
    Superman
  13. 12. [Superman, Huckster]
    Superman
  14. 13. [Superbabe!]
    Superman
  15. 14. [Cleopatra]
    Superman
  16. 15. [One Hundred Forty Million Miles from Earth]
    Superman
  17. 16. [The Talking Dog]
    Superman
  18. 17. [Smartypants]
    Superman
  19. 18. [The Magic Carpet]
    Superman
  20. 19. [The Golden Sword]
    Superman
  21. 20. [The Super Stand-In]
    Superman
  22. 21. [Firehead]
    Superman
This issue was modified by
  • Bob Hughes
  • John Monagle