(November-December 1942)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age; Later Standard Silver Age.; By end Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
[untitled] (Table of Contents)
Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Burnley
- Inks:
- Jack Burnley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman
- Reprinted:
- in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
Case of the Funny Paper Crimes (Table of Contents)
Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Ed Dobrotka
- Inks:
- John Sikela
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- 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.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 (January 1966)
- 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)
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
Indexer Notes
Funny Face is a dead ringer for Jerry Siegel.
[Superman's Amazing Adventure] (Table of Contents)
Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Skeet Monahan (intro; villain)
- Synopsis:
- Lois and Clark are marked for death by a gang of protection racketeers for writing stinging newspaper articles asking the Police to put a stop to it and by identifying the leader of the gang.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
Indexer Notes
Most of the story is a dream. Superman has a yellow "S" on his cape. The title for this story comes from the Archives edition as the story is untitled.
[The Canine and the Crooks] (Table of Contents)
Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- Leo Nowak [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; Jimmy Olsen; Mr. Z [Oscar Lanchester] (intro; villain)
- Synopsis:
- When Clark and later Superman investigate as to why a Mr. Z is out to kill a dog, they discover that the man's aunt had left a fortune to that dog, and only when the animal died would the man get the inheritance!
- Reprinted:
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
Indexer Notes
Superman has a red "S" on his cape, except when it's yellow. The story title is taken from the Archives edition as the story is untitled.
[untitled] (Table of Contents)
Just Like Junior / filler / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Stan Aschmeier
- Inks:
- Stan Aschmeier
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
Indexer Notes
This filler is NOT found in the Archive.
Grandstand Coach (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Eddie Duane (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- sports
Indexer Notes
This text story is NOT in the Archive.
Superman, Matinee Idol (Table of Contents)
Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- 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)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- 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.
- Reprinted:
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 (January 1966) [retitled there as "Superman, Cartoon Hero!"]
- 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)
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000)
Indexer Notes
The Archives do not credit Shuster's pencil layouts.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Case of the Funny Paper Crimes
Superman -
2.
[Superman's Amazing Adventure]
Superman -
3.
[The Canine and the Crooks]
Superman -
4.
[untitled]
Just Like Junior -
5.
Grandstand Coach
-
6.
Superman, Matinee Idol
Superman
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