The Superman Chronicles #1 [First Printing]

([April] 2006)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

Keywords

automobiles

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As a distant planet was destroyed by old age...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent] (introduction, origin)

Synopsis

A space vehicle from a destroyed world lands on Earth and its occupant becomes Superman. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is given.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

[Superman, Champion of the Oppressed!] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Daily Star; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain); Butch Matson (villain); Senator Barrows (villain); Alex Greer (villain)

Synopsis

Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent, goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

Keywords

San Monte

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Inks

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #2 (July 1938)

Keywords

biplanes; parachuting

[Revolution in San Monte] (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor (cameo); Alex Greer; Emil Norvell

Synopsis

Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from being executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being fomented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #2 (July 1938)

Keywords

San Monte

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Inks

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #3 (August 1938)
which is reprinted
• from Action Funnies [ashcan] (DC, 1937 series) ([1937]) [with new logo and trade dress]

[The Blakely Mine Disaster] (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (not named); Stanislaw Kober; Thornton Blakely (villain)

Synopsis

After Superman saves a group of miners from a cave-in, Clark Kent senses a story that may mean that the mine's owner, Thorton Blakely, is actually running unsafe mine operations and blaming accidents on the miners themselves.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #3 (August 1938)

Keywords

Blakely Mine

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

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

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

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia

Inks

Leo O'Mealia

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #4 (September 1938)

[Superman Plays Football] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 12.75 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Tommy Burke; Mary; Coach Randall (villain)

Synopsis

Overhearing a crooked college football coach at Dale University plotting to populate his team with thugs to defeat rival Cordell University, Superman impersonates a football player from Cordell to straighten the situation out.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #4 (September 1938)

Keywords

Cordell University; Dale University

Acquiring Super-Strength (Table of Contents: 13)

Acquiring Super-Strength / activity / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #4 (September 1938)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Inks

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #5 (October 1938)

[Superman and the Dam] (Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (not named)

Synopsis

Lois and Clark compete with one another to get the scoop on the possible collapse of the Valleyho Dam.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #5 (October 1938)

Keywords

Valleyho Dam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Inks

Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

jungle

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #6 (November 1938)

[Superman's Phony Manager] (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Lauretta

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (introduction, as an office boy); Nick Williams (villain, introduction); Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed)

Synopsis

Clark Kent is introduced to a fighter manager who claims to be Superman's personal manager. But when Lois discovers the existence of a phony Superman, who is tied to that manager, the real Superman must act quickly to save Lois' life.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #6 (November 1938)

Muscle-Training (Table of Contents: 18)

Acquiring Super-Strength / activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #6 (November 1938)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #7 (December 1938)

[Superman Joins the Circus] (Table of Contents: 20)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Lauretta

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Curly; George Taylor (unnamed); Jordan; Derek Niles (villain); Trigger

Synopsis

The Jordan Circus is having a rough go of it and the promissory notes are coming due, so Superman decides to join the circus to help it pay off those notes and get it back into the black.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #7 (December 1938)

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

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

historical

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #8 (January 1939)

[Superman in the Slums] (Table of Contents: 22)

Superman / comic story / 12.75 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Lauretta

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Frankie Marello; Box-Ears; Nick; Pinky; Gimpy (villain)

Synopsis

Superman decides to get involved in a case involving wayward boys being used by a petty criminal, who uses the boys to steal items from wealthy people that he can sell for quick cash...all at their expense.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #8 (January 1939)

Super-Vision (Table of Contents: 23)

Acquiring Super-Strength / activity / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #8 (January 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

sports

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #9 (February 1939)

[Wanted: Superman] (Table of Contents: 25)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Lauretta

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Detective Captain Reilly; Mortimer Snoop

Synopsis

Superman, having torn down a slum area so that newer, more modern apartments could be built, is labeled as a crook by the Chief of Police, who assigns Detective Reilly (better known as "100% Reilly" because he always gets his man) to bring the Man of Tomorrow in.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #9 (February 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #10 (March 1939)

[Superman Goes to Prison] (Table of Contents: 27)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Lauretta

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Walter Crane; Governor Bixby; Superintendent Wyman

Synopsis

Clark Kent interviews a former prisoner who was starved and abused by the Coreytown Chain Gang, so Superman decides to get the real scoop on these abuses...and put a stop to them.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #10 (March 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #11 (April 1939)

[Superman and the "Black Gold" Swindle] (Table of Contents: 29)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Paul Cassidy ?

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (un-named); Meek; Bronson

Synopsis

An unscrupulous firm sells what they think to be worthless stock in "Black Gold Oil," then try to buy it all back when they hear that oil has been discovered on the property...thanks to Superman.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #11 (April 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Zatara / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara; Superman (inset)

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #12 (May 1939)

[Superman Declares War on Reckless Drivers] (Table of Contents: 31)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed); Paul Cassidy ?

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed)

Synopsis

Clark Kent witnesses the death of a dear friend of his at the hands of a reckless driver and, when the Mayor refuses to deal with the problem, Superman decides to wage war on these drivers himself!

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #12 (May 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Vin Sullivan; Fred Guardineer (head views)

Inks

Vin Sullivan; Fred Guardineer (head views)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Zatara; Butch the Pup; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Ginger Snap

Reprints

• from New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([April] 1939)

Superman at the World's Fair (Table of Contents: 33)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; the Chief [George Taylor?]; Nick Stone (villain)

Synopsis

Lois and Clark are assigned to cover the Fair, but after Lois is kidnapped, Superman has to take over, both to rescue her from a wanted criminal and make sure the Fair is covered properly for the paper.

Reprints

• from New York World's Fair Comics (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([April] 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #13 (June 1939)

[Superman vs. the Cab Protective League] (Table of Contents: 35)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed); Paul Cassidy ?

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Carlyle; Reynolds; Ultra-Humanite (introduction)

Synopsis

Superman decides to wage war against the Cab Protective League, a firm trying to victimize the independent cab companies. But when he thinks the situation has been resolved, he comes to face a new threat: the Ultra-Humanite, a foe who gained from a scientific experiment the most agile and learned brain on earth...a foe who seeks to dominate the world!

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #13 (June 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Leo O'Mealia

Inks

Leo O'Mealia

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster (logo design); ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

[Origin of Superman] (Table of Contents: 37)

Superman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Ma (Mary) Kent (introduction, death); Pa Kent (introduction, death)

Synopsis

A rocketship, carrying an infant, rockets from the planet Krypton as it blows up, and lands on the Earth where a couple named the Kents find the baby inside the rocket and eventually adopt him. This infant boy grows up to be Superman.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

[Prelude to "Superman, Champion of the Oppressed"] (Table of Contents: 38)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (introduction, un-named); Sims; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain)

Synopsis

Clark Kent applies for a job at the Daily Star, but is turned down until Superman stops a lynching and Clark phones in the story. Then Superman gets singer Bea Carroll to confess to the murder of Jack Kennedy.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Keywords

Daily Star

Scientific Explanation of Superman's Amazing Strength--! (Table of Contents: 39)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

Superman's strength is attributed to the lighter gravity found on Earth, and is compared to the ant and the grasshopper, both insects whose strength and jumping ability, by comparsion, would be considered super strength.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

[Superman Text Story] (Table of Contents: 40)

Superman / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (signed, two spot illustrations)

Inks

Joe Shuster (signed, two spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Sergeant Blake; Harvey Brown; Biff Dugan (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

After Superman eludes Sergeant Blake by changing to Clark Kent, Clark blackmails the detective into allowing him a jailhouse interview with Biff Dugan. When Dugan escapes, Clark switches to Superman and returns Dugan to his cell.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

[Meet the Creators] (Table of Contents: 41)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent] (inset); Jerry Siegel (photo); Joe Shuster (photo)

Synopsis

Features photos and biographies of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

[Pinup] (Table of Contents: 42)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster

Inks

Joe Shuster

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])