Superman #10

(May-June 1941)

Be a Cowboy! (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Harman (signed)

Inks:

Fred Harman (signed)

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Characters:

Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Fred Harman (photo)

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991) [1/4 page, in color!]

Indexer Notes

Ad for Red Ryder Daisy air rifle on the inside front cover in black and white. Curiously, this was colored in the reprint. The indicia is at the bottom of this page.

[Superman: World's Greatest Adventure Character] (Table of Contents)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Shuster Shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece.

[The Invisible Luthor] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Luthor (villain, bald at last); Bob Dunning (villain)

Synopsis:

Metropolis is struck first by invisible robbers, then disappearing and reappearing buildings, and finally all water being shut off to residents. Superman discovers that Luthor is behind the scheme, who demands $100 million from the city and that it be delivered by the Man of Tomorrow.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)
• in Superman Chronicles, The (DC, 2006 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Luthor is bald, the first in comics. Earlier bald appearance was in the Sunday newspaper strip.

Superman has a blue "S" on a yellow background on his cape, except on page 11 where it's red, and page 13 where it's blue in one panel and green in another. The reprints colored it blue on 4 and 8 and half of 10, but red everywhere else.

The title is used in the table of contents of the Chronicles reprint.

["Money for You!"] (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

A contest, offering $1000 in cash prizes, and another $1000 in other prizes, is open only to Supermen of America members, and will be announced in the May, 1941 issue of Action Comics, on sale March 21st. A coupon is provided for readers to join the club if they don't already belong so that they can enter the contest.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich (January, 2006).

Calling all Cars (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)

Inks:

Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Lou Paige?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Made up of five illustrated, unusual, but factual one panel cartoons involving Policemen, such as prisoners at a prison in New Hampshire that were allowed to order anything they wanted from the jail's mail-order catalog. Two of them ordered hacksaws and escaped!

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Baby Ruth Candy Bar / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?; Jim Crowley (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; some typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Coach Jim Crowley (photo)

Synopsis:

Photo ad for Baby Ruth candy bars, featuring a plug by Coach Jim Crowley of the Fordham Rams football team.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich (January, 2006).

[The Talent Agency Fraud] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed); Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mrs. Wallburn; Mr. Grady (villain, intro)

Synopsis:

When Lois Lane announces to members of the Daily Planet staff that she plans to leave her reporter's job for the life of a stage and screen star, Clark smells a rat, and investigates the Grady Talent Agency, and learns that Grady is promising many women the same life career, while draining their bank accounts.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)
• in Superman Chronicles, The (DC, 2006 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Superman has a blue "S" on his cape, but in the reprints, it's blue only on page 5; otherwise red. The title is used in the table of contents of the Chronicles reprint.

The Chronicles reprint credits the art as by Leo Nowak while we had this as "Paul Cassidy?". After discussions with Craig Delich and Bob Hughes, we've decided on "Paul Cassidy; Leo Nowak" for the pencils and "Shuster Shop" for the inks.

["World's Best Value!"] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Fred Ray (World's Best #1 cover); Everett E. Hibbard (All-Star #4 cover w/Sheldon Moldoff touch-ups)

Inks:

Fred Ray (World's Best #1 cover); Everett E. Hibbard (All-Star #4 cover w/Sheldon Moldoff touch-ups)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Batman; Robin (cover of World's Best #1); The Justice Society of America [Flash; Hawkman; Green Lantern; Atom; Spectre; Hour-Man; Doctor Fate; Sandman] (cover of All-Star #4)

Synopsis:

Two half page house promotional ads, the first for World's Best Comics #1; and the second for All-Star Comics #4, with accompanying head views of each JSA member illustrated by Everett E. Hibbard.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich (January, 2006). When this page was reconstructed for the Archive, the page edges of the All-Star issue were deleted (they're there for the World's Best issue).

[The Spy Ring of Righab Bey] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Jim Gregg; Righab-Bey (villain, intro); Raj (villain, Bey's assistant)

Synopsis:

Lois and Clark see Jim Gregg, a clerk in the Ordnance Division of the War Department, coming out of an astrologer's office, and find it odd the man wold visit such a place. Separately, Lois, then Clark visit the evil Righam-Bey trying to learn what he is up to, but it is Superman who discovers that the ordnance clerk knows about a new bomb being tested that responds to the engines of enemy ships, and the astrologer is attempting to learn that secret for himself.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)
• in Superman Chronicles, The (DC, 2006 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Superman has a green "S" on his cape in its only appearance on page 12, but in the reprints, it's red. The title is used in the table of contents of the Chronicles reprint.

["It's a Date!"] (Table of Contents)

Action Comics #35 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Burnley (Superman figure)

Inks:

Jack Burnley (Superman figure)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Superman

Synopsis:

Promotional house ad for Action Comics #35.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Sequence, art credits & information added by Craig Delich (January, 2006).

Big Leaguer (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Shute (signed)

Pencils:

Cliff Young [as Cliff] (signed) (spot illustration)

Inks:

Cliff Young [as Cliff] (signed) (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sports; adventure

Characters:

Willie Albert; Coach Green; Ensign Meeks

Synopsis:

Coach Green takes his star pitcher, Willie Albert, to the doctor to have his sore arm examined, and is told, that with some rest, the arm will be fine. The coach is happy and assures Willie that one day his dream to be a big league pitcher will come true.....only fate steps in and Willie becomes a "big leaguer" in an entirely different fashion sooner than he thinks.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich (January, 2006).

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (Big Chief Wahoo); Jack Burnley (Starman); Joe Shuster (Superman figure)

Inks:

? (Big Chief Wahoo); Jack Burnley (Starman); Paul Cassidy (Superman figure)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Starman; Big Chief Wahoo

Synopsis:

Page consists of a promo plug for Starman by Jack Burnley in Adventure Comics; a plug for the Superman Radio Show, with a list of stations airing the program; and four miscellaneous ads, one with Chief Wahoo, who tells kids how to get a war bonnet.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Sequence, credits and information added by Craig Delich (January, 2006).

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

It's True! / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff [as Bolty] (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff [as Bolty] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Gives information on how much a soldier's pack weighs; how porterhouse steak got its name; how all U.S. lighthouses are painted; and what Admiral Byrd took with him on his 2nd Antarctic expedition.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

["What!?! Do you mean to say you haven't seen Batman no. 4?"] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Content Information

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Promotional ad for Batman #4 with its cover (with art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson).

[Just a Sample!] (Table of Contents)

The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily; typeset (some)

Content Information

Characters:

The Spectre (Jim Corrigan)

Synopsis:

Promotional ad for the Spectre, appearing in the April issue of More Fun Comics, featuring the splash page from the latest issue.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Sequence, credits and information added by Craig Delich (January, 2006).

[The Dukalia Spy Ring] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lt. Ferguson; ex-Captain Lang; Karl Wolff (villain, intro, death); Hall (villain)

Synopsis:

A former Naval officer, discharged for conduct unbecoming to an officer, draws the attention of Karl Wolff, consul for Dukalia, a nation which believes it is superior to America, and desires to take the U.S. over. Superman investigates and discovers that this Naval officer has invented a submarine that can operate in the air, as well as on or below the surface of the ocean, and that he is a double agent being used to facilitate the capture of these spies.

Reprinted:

• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971) [black and white]
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983) [black and white]
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)
• in Superman Chronicles, The (DC, 2006 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Superman has a blue "S" on his cape, except it's red on page 2 (matched in the reprints). The title is used in the table of contents of the Chronicles reprint.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

A full page ad from the Wilson Chemical Company, makers of White Cloverine brand salve, encouraging readers to sell the stuff to win swell prizes.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

[The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Star-Man; Batman; Green Lantern; Spectre; Flash

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Promotional house ad spouting the exploits of Superman in Action Comics, Star Man in Adventure Comics, Batman in Detective Comics, Green Lantern in All-American Comics, Spectre in More Fun Comics, and Flash in Flash Comics, with illustrated head views of each character. Sequence added by Craig Delich (January, 2006). Star Man, Green Lantern, Spectre, and Flash are badly miscolored in the reprint (with their costumes respectively green, green, purple, and yellow); they are correct here in the original.

This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991) [1/4 page]

Indexer Notes

An advertisement for Remington Portable Typewriters, by Remington Rand, Inc.

Daisy Superman Krypto-Raygun (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Preston

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #3 (1991) [1/4 page]

Indexer Notes

An ad for the Daisy Superman Krypto-Raygun projector pistol; projects images on a wall. Includes an illustration as if it were cut from a comic, it has the raygun saving the day, proving the guilt of a crook. The reprint coloring does not match the original, especially the second panel of the illustration which actually has background details not visible in the reprint.