- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10
- Pages:
- 68
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to
cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
- Pencils:
- Fred Ray
- Inks:
- Fred Ray
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Adolf Hitler; Hideki Tojo
- Reprinted:
- 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
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks:
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; The Talon [Albert Caldwell] (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Luthor (cameo; villain); Ultra (cameo; villain); Eustace Watson (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Lois first suspects that Clark Kent is Superman, but he quickly convinces her he is not with some razzle dazzle super speed.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
- 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)
Pencils credited to John Sikela in Superman Archives 5. This is the only story during the 1940's that Lois thinks Clark is Superman.
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; Lois Lane; The Human Bomb [Watkins] (intro; villain)
- Synopsis:
- A vicious criminal uses innocent people, trapped by hypnotic power, who are armed with a bomb apparatus which makes it possible for them to rob without opposition from the Police.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
Superman has a yellow "S" on red background on his cape.
- Script:
- Ray McGill
- Pencils:
- Ray McGill
- Inks:
- Ray McGill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray McGill
- Genre:
- humor
Writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman's Mountain Retreat (intro; precursor to the Fortress of Solitude); Jake Massey (intro; villain); Lois Lane; George Brant; Mrs. Brant; Mike Mosby (villain); Nat Folsom
- Synopsis:
- Superman must solve a series of bold crimes that were pulled by ungainly men who look anything but formidable.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 (June 1966) [two page excerpt]
- Script:
- Ray McGill
- Pencils:
- Ray McGill
- Inks:
- Ray McGill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray McGill
- Genre:
- gag
This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.
- Script:
- Tex Slade (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
- Genre:
- crime
This text story does NOT appear in the Archive.
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Carlyle Allerton [Lex Luthor] (villain; temporarily gains super-powers); the Powerstone; Lois Lane; Perry White
- Synopsis:
- Lex Luthor survives his execution in the electric chair, which only makes him more powerful, but yet he still can't match the strength of Superman......that is, until he discovers a way to fool Superman into handing over the Powerstone to him.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972)
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
Sequel to story in ACTION COMICS #47.
