Superman #13

(November-December 1941)

[The Machinations of The Light] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (layouts)(signed); Leo Nowak (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Senator Tom Billingsley; The Light [Lex Luthor] (villain)

Synopsis:

Superman must battle Lex Luthor who is disguised as The Light, a criminal who kidnaps prominent men from many different fields, hypnotizes them with colored lights, and makes them do his bidding.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983)

Indexer Notes

Joe Shuster not listed in credits in Superman Archives #4. The story title in the Archives is "The Light".

"Superman versus The Archer" (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Leo Nowak [ghosting for Joe Shuster]

Inks:

Leo Nowak [ghosting for Joe Shuster]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (name Jimmy revealed); Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Thomas Gayford (death); Amos Kendrick; The Archer [Quigley] (villain, intro)

Synopsis:

A new villain hits the front pages of Metropolis' newspapers, a villain who prefers hunting human beings for profit rather than animals, and when Perry White cannot locate Lois or Clark to cover the story, a young office boy at the Daily Planet takes on the job himself --- and gets his first by-line!

Reprinted:

• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971) #nn
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983) #nn
• in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn
• in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #1
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

Indexer Notes

Jimmy Olsen is blonde-haired in this story; last name Olsen not used until issue #15. This is Jimmy's first definite appearance in a comic book. First named appearance was on the Superman radio program. The Archive title for this story is "The Archer".

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Good Books and Movies / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josette Frank (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

review

Synopsis:

Books reviewed include "Lost Legion" by Armstrong Sperry and Walt Disney's "The Reluctant Dragon."

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT featured in the Archive.

[Is Mr. Rogers Expecting You?] (Table of Contents)

Laff Lines / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

[Baby on the Doorstep] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Leo Nowak [ghosting for Joe Shuster]

Inks:

Leo Nowak [ghosting for Joe Shuster]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Bob Pierson (a baby, intro); Clara Pierson (his mother); Leila and other un-named enemy agents (villains, intro)

Synopsis:

Clark Kent receives a note to go to a certain address to pick up a baby and to care for it for a few days. But when attempts are made to kidnap the child, Superman intervenes and discovers that the mother was trying to protect the child from enemy agents who believed she knew the secret of her late husband's war-time invention.

Reprinted:

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #253 (June 1972)
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the Archive.

Sailor's Shawl (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks:

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[not the type of car for college] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jerry the Jitterbug

[The City Beneath the Earth] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

John Sikela [ghosting for Joe Shuster]

Inks:

John Sikela [ghosting for Joe Shuster]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Tulan (intro); Kyack (villain, intro, death)

Synopsis:

Superman discovers an underground civilization beneath Metropolis that has been using a ray apparatus to destroy buildings in Metropolis and elsewhere. He meets with Kyack and learns that this civilization once populated the Earth before the ice age, and the glaciers forced them underground, where they built their new civilization. Now they are planning an invasion of the Earth's surface and restore the rule they once had over it.

Reprinted:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the Archive.