- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters:
- typeset
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster
- Inks:
- Joe Shuster
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
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color
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
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from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #12 (September-October 1941), #14 (January-February 1942), #17 (July-August 1942), #18 (September-October 1942), #23 (July-August 1943), #26 (January-February 1944), #29 (July-August 1944), #32 (January-February 1945), #38 (January-February 1946), #41 (July-August 1946), #45 (March-April 1947), #50 (January-February 1948)
small color reproductions of various covers
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster
- Inks:
- Joe Shuster
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
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first 9 pages in color; last 13 pages also in Action #1
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster
- Inks:
- Joe Shuster
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
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also in Superman #1
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Professor Martinson (death); Luthor (villain, with red hair, 2nd appearance)
- Synopsis:
- When Clark Kent begins to investigate a new weapon being tested by the Army that artifically causes earthquakes, little does he know that Lex Luthor is hot on the trail of securing the plans for that invention, one way or the other.
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Pencil/Ink credits changed based on the GCD index for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #4. [MN 3/2010]
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
- 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.
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Joe Shuster Pencil/Ink credit changed based on information in the GCD index of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster (layouts)(signed); Leo Nowak (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
- 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.
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Joe Shuster layout credit added based on information from the GCD index of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Leo Nowak
- Inks:
- Leo Nowak
- Letters:
- ?
- 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!
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- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Secretary of the Navy Hank Fox; Hokopoko (villain, intro, death); Utsum (villain, intro, death); the Black Circle (villains, intro, 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 American, 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.
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Ink credit changed from Leo Novak based on information from the GCD index for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #15.
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Al Wenzel
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superboy; Lois Lane; Editor Morton
- Synopsis:
- Clark wins a contest to work as a cub reporter on the Daily Planet for one week. And so does Lois Lane.
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"John Sikela?" inker credit changed based on art id by Bob Hughes 7/07.
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- 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.
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color section. Page 7 cut.
Credits updated based on information from Superman Archives #5.
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Ed Dobrotka?
- Inks:
- John Sikela
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Funnyface (intro; villain); Torgo (villain); Machine-Gun Mike (villain); the Black Raider (villain); Goola (villain); Viper (villain); Detective Craig (intro); Prince Peril (intro); Solitary Rider (intro); Streak Duga (intro); Happy Daze (intro) (comic strip villains/heroes)
- Synopsis:
- Superman must battle a new villain who has invented a machine that can materialize two-dimensional figures out of the comics to rob for him.
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- Script:
- Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster (pencil layouts) (signed); Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (finished pencils) (signed)
- Inks:
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; animated Superman; animated Lois Lane; animated Mad Scientist (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Clark and Lois decide to go to the movies, but when Clark discovers that it's the the latest Fleisher Superman cartoon, he has to think fast to keep Lois from discovering that he is Superman.
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cut: page 11 panel 3 and page 12 panel 2
Credits change to reflect information in the GCD index of the original printing. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
- Pencils:
- Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- Sam Citron; John Siekla? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Colonel McNab; Lieutenant-General Bullitt; Brigadier General Armor; Brigadier General Starrett
- Synopsis:
- When Superman arrives at Camp Towne to make an appearance, he volunteers to participate in the war games that will take place, and is made an honorary Corporal. But after watching America's fighting men in action, and his side losing, he decides that he is not needed to fight this war, and that our boys can handle the job alone.
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Credits changed to reflect the information in the GCD index of the original. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster ?; Ira Yarbrough
- Inks:
- Ira Yarbrough
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Mr. Mxyztplk (Intro); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis:
- An imp from another dimension plagues Superman with practical jokes until he can make him say his name backwards.
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- Script:
- Alvin Schwartz
- Pencils:
- John Sikela
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- BBB Gang [Brute; Buzzard; Bear] (Intro; Villain); Superman; Hocus; Pocus; Lois Lane (as Superwoman); Perry White
- Synopsis:
- Lois believes Hocus and Pocus have given her super powers.
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The reprint is taken from a British reprint that had some unusual changes, such as guineas instead of dollars.
Ink credit changed from John Sikela to George Roussos based on information from the original GCD index. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Luthor (cameo); John Kent (1st named, flashback); Mary Kent (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- After a prologue which demonstrates Superman's amazing abilities, his origin is recounted. On the scientifically advanced planet of Krypton, Jor-El fails to convince the Council of Five that Krypton is doomed. As Krypton explodes, Jor-El and Lara send their son to Earth, where he is found and adopted by the elderly Kents. As Clark grows to maturity he manifests abilities far beyond that of mortal men. On his deathbed, his father urges Clark to become a powerful force for good as Superman.
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- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Orson Welles; Martler (Intro, villain); other Martians (Intro); Nancy Guild; Perry White; Lois Lane
- Synopsis:
- Orson accidentally gets trapped in a rocket to Mars where he meets Martian Nazis. No one on Earth believes his broadcast pleas for help, except Superman.
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Ink credit changed from Wayne Boring to Stan Kaye based on information from the original GCD index. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye [pages 1-8]; John Fischetti [pages 9-12]
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin; John Smilter; Lois Lane
- Synopsis:
- Superman and Batman learn each other's secret i.d.'s.
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Inker credit changed based on information in the GCD index for the original. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Al Plastino
- Inks:
- Al Plastino
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Lana Lang (1st app. in SUPERMAN; as an adult); Mrs. Lewis Lang; Superboy (Flashback); Lens Lewis (Villain, Intro)
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- Script:
- William Woolfolk
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Luthor; Toyman; Prankster
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- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Wayne Boring
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane
- Synopsis:
- Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis.
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first Lori Lemaris
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- John Forte
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; red kryptonite; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent](flashback); Kozz (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback; cameo); Martha Kent (flashback; cameo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot
- Synopsis:
- While rescuing a bathyscaph from the ocean bottom where it rests next to a Red Kryptonite meteor, Superman remembers all the other times that Red Kryptonite has affected him.
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Flashbacks to many Superboy / Superman Red Kryptonite stories.
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Bizarro-Jr. #1 (born); Bizarro World; Lex Luthor (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- Bizarro-Lois gives birth to Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 who, while he thinks like a Bizarro looks like Superman when he was Super-Tot. When B-Jr. No. 1 becomes publicly known, Bizarro takes him out into space and stores him in an abandoned space capsule. The capsule crashes on Earth and Bizarro-Jr. No 1 is taken to the same Midvale Orphanage where Linda Lee (Supergirl) lives.
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- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Supergirl; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude
- Synopsis:
- Linda Lee is assigned to watch the newly named baby Buster which lasts until B-Jr. No. 1 remembers the existence of his parents and flies off. Supergirl and Superman take Bizarro Jr. to the Fortress where they have him adopted by two of Superman's robots. During Jr.'s sleep period Supergirl's tries to do her chemistry homework and when her Heat Vision blows up her assignment she thinks she's turned "baby buster" into a Bizarro!
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- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Bizarro-Supergirl (intro); Supergirl; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; blue kryptonite; Bizarro-Lois #1
- Synopsis:
- Bizarro-Jr. finds Lex's original Imperfect Duplicator while playing in the Fortress of Solitude and creates a Bizarro-Supergirl. Superman and Supergirl decide to return "Buster" to Bizarro world but Bizarro-Supergirl wants to keep him for her own. Bizarro spots his now-acceptable-looking child and and leads all the Bizarros into War against Earth.
Superman uses the Duplicator Ray to turn a pile of Green K into Blue Kryptonite and then paints it green. The Bizarros attempt to seize the disguised blue K, are weakened retreat back to their homeworld. Superman then uses the Blue K to free Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 from the Bizarro-Supergirl and returns him to his adoring parents. Bizarro Supergirl is later found dead next to the Green/blue kryptonite pile.
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- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Al Capone (villain); Perry White; Titano (cameo); green kryptonite
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- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Jr. #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois Jr. #1 (intro); The Abominable Snowman (intro, cameo); Bizarro World; Charlie Chaplin (cameo; image on TV); an actor (as Frankenstein's Monster)
- Synopsis:
- After seeing an Earth program claiming that Frankenstein was the scariest monster, Bizarro #1 travels to Earth to prove that he is scarier than Frankenstein.
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Inker credit changed based on information from the GCD index of the original printing. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010]
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Al Plastino
- Inks:
- Al Plastino
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (flashback); Smallville Mayor Courtney (flashback); Gregg Peterson (flashback); Dirk; Mugsy
- Synopsis:
- The story of Superboy's debut and first meeting with President Roosevelt.
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An Untold Tale of Superman
- Pencils:
- Neal Adams
- Inks:
- Neal Adams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman
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color
- Script:
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Morgan Edge; Cy Harkin; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor
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first 9 pages in color
- Script:
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Professor Bolden; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Perry White; Sand creature (origin); green kryptonite
- Synopsis:
- A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism.
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- Script:
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman (brief origin); George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; George Custer
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- Script:
- Leo Dorfman [as Geoff Browne]
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Supergirl; Brainiac; Yllura; Arvor; Kandor
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