Superman #27

(March-April 1944)

Superman Appears Every Month in Action Comics (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

[various]

Inks:

[various]

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad, located on the inside front cover. A shield surrounds small cover reproductions of the current issues of Action Comics, Adventure Comics, All-American Comics, Detective Comics, Flash Comics, More Fun Comics, Sensation Comics, and Star Spangled Comics. No additional illustrations.

The Palace of Perilous Play! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [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]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Lottie Lovemore; The Toyman [Winslow Schott](villain)

Synopsis:

Superman struggles with the schemes of the terrible Toyman, who is out to design coin machines that will make him rich and devices that will give him revenge on the Man of Tomorrow.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes.

When Giants Meet! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [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; Paul Bunyan (introduction, meets Superman in a fantasy tale); Babe (Bunyan's ox)

Synopsis:

While up in the big north woods in search of background material for articles on the lumbering industry, Clark and Lois listen to an entertaining tale about the time Superman and Paul Bunyan actually met. But when one of the listeners refuses to believe that Superman is real, the Man of Steel puts in an appearance when the cabin everyone is in is hit by lightning.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Proto-imaginary story. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Clancy the Cop / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Clancey

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

Robbers' Roost! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [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; Hiram Pardee (introduction); Percival Lister (villain); Arch Angler (villain, introduction); Fingers Falvey (villain); Timothy (villain); Porky (villain)

Synopsis:

Superman has to help a gawky young fellow from a country farm, who arrives in Metropolis with an inherited fortune. The young man had promised his late uncle that he'd continue to take care of pigeons his uncle had raised, not knowing that a group of criminals are using those pigeons to move stolen gems from a jewelry heist.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

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

[Join the Band] (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 is NOT found in the Archive.

The Artistic Touch (Table of Contents)

none / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Selby (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

Dear Diary! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [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; Randall Rocksell; Goldie Gates (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The notorious Goldie Gates convinces Randall Rocksell that if he will invest huge sums of money with him, that Rocksell will make a half-million a day on his investment. However, Superman discovers that Rocksell is being paid dividends with his own money and Gates is is perilously close to gaining the power of attorney over Rocksell's money and property.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004). Superman has a blue "S" on cape.