Superman #15

(March-April 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Hero of Darien (Table of Contents: 2)

Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Cop Who Was Ruined] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Sgt. Bob Branigan; Bill Talley (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Lois and Clark stand by Sgt. Branigan and seek to assist him after he was blinded during a tussle with mobsters as well as being dismissed from the Police force for accidentally killing a woman while supposedly misusing his powers as a Police officer. To make things worse, Branigan is approached by the very mobsters he fought earlier and they are demanding protection money from him for his new business.

Reprints

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 ([July] 1994)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #8 ([June] 2010)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([September] 2016)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

1st time Jimmy is given a last name. Story title taken from the Archives reprint.

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Big News! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman's Radio Show Covers the Continent! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Saboteurs from Napkan] (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Secretary of the Navy Hank Fox; Hokopoko (villain, introduction, death); Utsum (villain, introduction, death); the Black Circle (villains, introduction, deaths)

Synopsis

Superman discovers that Battleship Y-92 had been sabotaged by agents of the war-like nation of Napkan upon launching. He later discovers that pro-Napkan parties have been established in South America, and the enemy wishes to have more formed in Central American nations that will turn anti-American, thus allowing Napkan to openly invade the United States without opposition.

Reprints

• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971) [black and white]
• in The Super Heroes (Egmont UK, 1980 series) #v1#7 (1981)
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 ([July] 1994)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #8 ([June] 2010)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([September] 2016)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the Archives reprint.

Pick Your Prize (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Lancaster County Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Rollin Stone / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you want to join the circus, eh?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Private Pete / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Private Pete, you're assigned to sentry duty. Be careful of dangerous spies...

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Private Pete

Synopsis

Pete is warned to keep spies from photographing an army plane, but still allows one to paint a picture of it.

[Superman in Oxnalia] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; King Boris; Prince Micheal; Razkal (villain, introduction, death); Lord Murgot (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Superman heads to Europe to assist the democratic nation of Numark against the war-like attacks being made on it by Oxnalia, saving Numark's young Prince as well as bringing about peace between the two nations.

Reprints

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 ([July] 1994)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #8 ([June] 2010)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([September] 2016)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the Archives reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say 'Ah'" "Ugh!

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 14)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Jack Liebowitz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Published by Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY (indicia says Superman, Inc.)
Editor: W. F. Ellsworth
Owners; Harry, Irwin and Sonia Donenfeld, P. H. Sampliner, P. H. Sampliner (JR) and Joan Sampliner.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Rattlebrain (Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Norman Goss (credited)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Braves, old Chief Eagle-Beak is offering the hand of his fair daughter...

Genre

humor

Characters

Chief Hot Foot

Tops in Comics (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

[The Evolution King] (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Sgt. Casey; Phil Carter; Tim (a newspaper boy); The Evolution King (villain, introduction, death); Tony Rico (villain); Joe Glower (villain)

Synopsis

Superman must battle the Evolution King, a man who has developed a way to advance or revert the ages of prominent athletes, forcing them to pay him blackmail, else he keeps them in an old and decrepit condition.

Reprints

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 ([July] 1994)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #8 ([June] 2010)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([September] 2016)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the Archives reprint.

The "Big 8" (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)