Superman #28

(May-June 1944)

Lambs Versus Wolfingham! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [as 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; J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain)

Synopsis:

Wilbur Wolfingham shows up in the Eden farming community, which has been beset by drought, tornados and insect infestation, and offers nothing but doom and gloom for the future. As a gesture of "good will", he offers to buy out the farmer's land and stock at whatever price they deem fair, giving the people worthless checks. When Superman enters the scene, the farmers have been bilked further by Wolfingham over the community's "worthless" oil well.

Reprinted:

• 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).

[Papa Needs A New Pair of Shoes] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / 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; military

Characters:

Private Pete

Indexer Notes

This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

The Golden Galleons! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Tuttle (introduction, looks just like Jimmy Olsen); Big Joe Reefer (villain, introduction); Hugo (Reefer's brother)

Synopsis:

Superman enters the fray when a criminal smashes the model ship that Jimmy Tuttle has made in conjunction with the Daily Planet's model-building contest so that his own brother can win the prize money.

Reprinted:

• 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).

Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons! (Table of Contents)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff?

Pencils:

George Roussos

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis:

Superman puts on a special show, for 100 pounds of waste paper as an admission price, to demonstrate to the kids how that much waste paper can be transformed into 115 cardboard boxes which can hold ten 20mm shells.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Paper drive feature, art identification by Jerry Bails.

[Drill Sergeant to Forget] (Table of Contents)

Hank the Yank / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Pencils:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Inks:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Houlihan

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Hank

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

Prize Cargo (Table of Contents)

none / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Barry Blaine (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

[The Suicidal Swain] (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane, Girl Reporter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron [as Jerry] (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka [as Joe] (signed)

Inks:

Ed Dobrotka? [as Joe] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (brown hair); Perry White

Synopsis:

Lois helps stop a man with a broken heart from jumping off an eight story building because his girl gave his present to her of a box of chocolates to her dog.

Reprinted:

• in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #115 (October 1971)
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1

Indexer Notes

1st solo Lois Lane story. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.

none (Table of Contents)

Life's Little Laffs / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Pencils:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Inks:

Ray Houlihan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray Houlihan

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

Stand-In For Hercules! (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]; Mr. Boyle; Professor Button; Archides; Iole; Mercury; Hercules (introduction); Chiron (a centaur); Zeus; Apollo; Mars; Achelous (villain); Hydra (villainous creature)

Synopsis:

At a meeting of The Liar's Club, Mr. Boyle tells the members of the story of the twelve labors of Hercules, and that they were accomplished, not by Hercules, but by Superman himself!

Reprinted:

• 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).