Superman #16

(May-June 1942)

The World's Meanest Man! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Leo Nowak (pages 1-6); John Sikela (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Leo Nowak (pages 1-6); Ed Dobrotka (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Charlie Grayson (villain, intro); Daily Planet Building (with Globe but no ring)

Synopsis:

When Lois and Clark take slum kids out into the country for a day, editor White decides to have the Planet sponsor a fund-raising campaign to build a resort for the underprivileged children out in the country. But Superman has to deal with someone who doesn't want that resort built because he has a grudge against the newspaper.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Superman Archives lists only John Sikela.

[Terror From the Stars] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Professor Derman (death); Tom Nelson (villain, intro); Abou Sabut (villain, intro, death)

Synopsis:

Since nothing is really cooking in Metropolis, Perry orders Kent to write up an article on some hot controversial topic, and Clark picks out astrology as being a fake science. But when an eminent astrologer's predictions apparently come true, Superman enters the picture to uncover the truth and make the villain see stars!

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the Archives.

Case of the Runaway Skyscrapers! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Wayne Boring (layouts); John Sikela (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mister Sinister (villain, intro, turned into a shadow)

Synopsis:

Superman has to respond the to threats made by a Mr. Sinister, who uses a special ray-cannon to transport buildings, including the Daily Planet, into the Fourth Dimension, then return them again for profit.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Superman Archives lists only John Sikela. Pencil layout credit revision by Craig Delich (February, 2006). Layout credit previously given to Joe Shuster?

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Grandpa Peters / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom McNamara

Pencils:

Tom McNamara

Inks:

Tom McNamara

Colors:

?

Letters:

Tom McNamara

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Grandpa Peters

Reprinted:

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #29

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

Omission of Guilt (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edgar Weston (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

Racket On Delivery! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Golden (shop keeper); Slats Morgan (villain, intro); Vernon Hale (villain, intro)

Synopsis:

Lois and Clark's lives are nearly forfeit when they bear down in their newspaper articles about local racketeers who are demanding fees from every truck that unloads in Metropolis.

Reprinted:

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