Superman #25

(November-December 1943)

The Man Superman Refused To Help! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Murphy; Major Jonathan Ramsey (introduction); Hans Henkel (villain, introduction), 101% Americanism Society (villains, introduction)

Synopsis:

Superman helps to clear a World War I veteran who is accused of being the secret head of a subversive Fifth Column organization.

Reprints:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Writer confirmed by Martin O'Hearn; inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004).

I Sustain the Wings! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Fred Ray

Inks:

Fred Ray

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Larry Thomas; Mary

Synopsis:

In response to a rival newspaper article claiming that the Training Aviation Cadets program at Yale University, whose purpose is to train new officers, is much too soft and lenient, Clark offers to join as a Cadet and get first hand information for the Planet.

Reprints:

• in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-18 (July 1973)
• in America at War: The Best of DC War Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #[nn] (October 1979)
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Story prepared by Weisinger and Ray while in the service, so really it's a very long public service ad. The splash page at the bottom reads "Prepared in cooperation with the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Major General Walter R. Weaver, Commanding General".

[Sgt. For A Day] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Private Pete

Indexer Notes

This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

King of the Comic Books! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Geezer (a comic strip character, introduction); Henry Jones [as Carson Steele](Geezer's creator, introduction); Mr. Frederick; Nazi spies (villains); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Göring (villain, cameo); Joseph Goebbels (villain, cameo); Superman's Mountain Retreat

Synopsis:

Superman takes on the persona of a fictional super hero in order to save the life of the character's creator from the Nazis, who are out to kill the man because he is making a laughing stock of the Führer!

Reprints:

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #284 (February 1975)
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.

Fair Exchange (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Lane (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

How They Knock Out a Jap Machine Gun Nest (Table of Contents)

Facts About the Service / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Lehti [as Sgt. Jack Lehti] (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Lehti [as Sgt. Jack Lehti] (signed)

Inks:

Jack Lehti [as Sgt. Jack Lehti] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; advocacy

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Quick Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Indexer Notes

Riddles. This filler NOT found in the Archive. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-16.

Hi-Jack -- Jackal of Crime! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Jack Height; Hi-Jack [Jack Jackson, not the COMANCHE MOON artist!] (villain, introduction); Daily Planet Globe (with ring and name--1st in a comic book?)

Synopsis:

Upset by the arrest of the Puzzler and the Prankster, a new criminal appears on the scene anxious to pay off his stock losses. How? By adopting the guise of "Hi-Jack", a criminal who will hi-jack money from people, all with the help of the Man of Tomorrow!

Reprints:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Corrected page count (12 pages) from Ed Bird (November 24, 2003). Originally listed as 9 pages. Writer and inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004).