The Superman Chronicles #6

([April] 2009)

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

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman Chronicles Volume Six (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[Editorial Credits] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

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

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941) [modified]

Indexer Notes

Art credited to Paul Cassidy (pencils) and the Shuster Shop (inks) in this volume.

Cover reproduced minus the date, distributor emblem, and blurb, with price redrawn, and trademark moved.

[The Invisible Luthor] (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited)

Inks

Leo Nowak (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Luthor (villain); Bob Dunning (villain)

Synopsis

Metropolis is struck first by invisible robbers, then disappearing and reappearing buildings, and finally all water being shut off to residents. Superman discovers that Luthor is behind the scheme, who demands $100 million from the city and that it be delivered by the Man of Tomorrow.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941)

[The Talent Agency Fraud] (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited); Paul Cassidy

Inks

Siegel and Shuster Studio

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mrs. Wallburn; Mr. Grady (villain, introductioin)

Synopsis

When Lois Lane announces to members of the Daily Planet staff that she plans to leave her reporter's job for the life of a stage and screen star, Clark smells a rat, and investigates the Grady Talent Agency, and learns that Grady is promising many women the same life career, while draining their bank accounts.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941)

Indexer Notes

Art credited solely to Nowak in this volume.

[The Spy Ring of Righab Bey] (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Wayne Boring (credited)

Inks

Siegel and Shuster Studio (credited as The Shuster Shop)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Jim Gregg; Mary Grogan; Carter; Righab-Bey (villain, introduction); Raj (villain, Bey's assistant)

Synopsis

Lois and Clark see Jim Gregg, a clerk in the Ordnance Division of the War Department, coming out of an astrologer's office, and find it odd the man wold visit such a place. Separately, Lois, then Clark visit the evil Righam-Bey trying to learn what he is up to, but it is Superman who discovers that the ordnance clerk knows about a new bomb being tested that responds to the engines of enemy ships, and the astrologer is attempting to learn that secret for himself.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941)

[The Dukalia Spy Ring] (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Wayne Boring (credited)

Inks

Siegel and Shuster Studio (credited as The Shuster Shop)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lt. Ferguson; ex-Captain Lang; Karl Wolff (villain, introduction, death); Hall (villain)

Synopsis

A former Naval officer, discharged for conduct unbecoming to an officer, draws the attention of Karl Wolff, consul for Dukalia, a nation which believes it is superior to America, and desires to take the U.S. over. Superman investigates and discovers that this Naval officer has invented a submarine that can operate in the air, as well as on or below the surface of the ocean, and that he is a double agent being used to facilitate the capture of these spies.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #37 (June 1941)

[Commissioner Kent] (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Paul Cassidy (credited)

Inks

Paul Cassidy (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Mayor Garson; Commissioner Larrimore (death); ex-Commissioner Kennedy (villain)

Synopsis

The criminal element of Metropolis is killing every Police Commissioner appointed, and Clark sees a connection between the criminal element and certain crooked politicians. But Clark is dumbfounded when it is suggested he take the job to crack down on that criminal element!

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #37 (June 1941)

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

Batman and Robin; Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

[The Unknown X] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Paul Cassidy (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Inks

Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Russell Walker; The Unknown X [Arthur Jameson] (villain, introduction); Benjie (villain)

Synopsis

Superman must find out the identity of the mysterious gang leader known as the Unknown X who has organized one of the most thorough criminal organizations Metropolis has ever seen.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2 (Summer 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #38 (July 1941)

[Radio Control] (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited)

Inks

Ed Dobrotka (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; Harold Morton (villain)

Synopsis

Superman is puzzled as several well respected citizens commit crimes, then remember nothing about the incidents!

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #38 (July 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #11 (July-August 1941) [recolored and incomplete]

Indexer Notes

Minus publisher and distributor emblems and trademark and with a white background.

[Zimba's Gold Badge Terrorists] (Table of Contents: 16)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited)

Inks

Leo Nowak (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Rolf Zimba (villain, introduction, death); Gold Badge Organization (villains, introduction, deaths)

Synopsis

When the ruthless Gold Badge Organization causes tremendous damage in the city of Metrodale through the use of bombs, its leaders then turn their attention to the city of Metropolis. But when they threaten, and nearly destroy, the Daily Planet building, Superman devises a plan to impersonate the group's leader, call a meeting of all members in one place, and have the Police round them up, all in one fell swoop.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #11 (July-August 1941)

[The Corinthville Caper] (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited)

Inks

Leo Nowak (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Emil Carlstrom (introduction); Carol Carlstrom (introduction); Grant Fellows (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Editor White sends Lois and Clark to Corinthville in response to public sightings of giant animals, and they visit the laboratory of Dr. Carlstrom, who assures the pair that his experiments are being done to try to extend the life span of animals. Later, Superman confronts the culprit involved who explains that he made up the story about giant animals, and only used a large gorilla and snake to support his story, because he had discovered a hidden gold mine beneath Carlstrom's lab.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #11 (July-August 1941)

[The Yellow Plague] (Table of Contents: 18)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited)

Inks

Leo Nowak (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Sanford Franklin; Pedro Carlos (death); Dr. Karl van Breeden; Major Burt Crandall; Wacouches (Chirroba Chief); Quismado (villain, introduction, death); un-named gangster (villain, intro, death)

Synopsis

Assigned by Perry White to write an article on the life of an internee, Lois and Clark meet with their friend, Dr. Sanford Frank, who then introduces them to internee Pedro Carlos from Latin America. The reporters soon learn that Carlos is a member of a South American tribe, the Chirrobans, who suffer from a yellow plague that is now affecting people in Metropolis, thanks to Quismado, a Chirroban. Heading to South America, Superman succeeds in stopping Quismado and securing a cure for the yellow plague in Metropolis.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #11 (July-August 1941)

[The Plot of Count Bergac] (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited)

Inks

Leo Nowak (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Patricia Randall (introduction); Henry Walters; Count Bergac [Ricky Hanlon] (villain)

Synopsis

Patricia Randall returns from overseas and calls a Board of Directors meeting for the Randall Department Store Company, and informs them that from that point on, she was taking charge. After she leaves, a French Count in attendance informs the board that if he has his way and marries her, that he would return control of the company to them: for $100,000 a year!

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #11 (July-August 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #39 (August 1941)

[The Radioactive Man] (Table of Contents: 21)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (credited)

Inks

Siegel and Shuster Studio (credited as The Shuster Shop)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; District Attorney Tom Spaulding; May Bryson; The Ghost [Brett Bryson] (villain, introduction, death); Frank Chalmers (villain); Davis (villain)

Synopsis

A disaster at Chalmers Laboratories involving radium kills Brett Bryson. His bosses are tried for negligence but acquitted. A hooded figure later robs a jewelry store, leaving a watchman dead of radium burns. Superman is implicated, and he must clear his name before Sgt. Casey arrests him.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #39 (August 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #40 (September 1941)

[The Billionaire's Daughter] (Table of Contents: 23)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Sikela (credited)

Inks

John Sikela (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Nancy Thorgeson; Morgan Thorgeson; Parello (villain)

Synopsis

A millionaire agrees to pay $100,000 to charity if Superman helps to straighten out his wayward daughter who spends money as if it were water as various gambling establishments. Only when an emergency arises does the girl see herself in a different vein.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #40 (September 1941)

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

Batman and Robin; Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #3 (Fall 1941)

[The Case of the Death Express] (Table of Contents: 25)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Inks

Leo Nowak (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Douglas Grant (lawyer); Atkinson (railroad President); "Sparky" Waters (villain); Thorton Bigsby (villain)

Synopsis

Clark Kent (a.k.a. Superman) investigates a series of railroad accidents that turn out to be anything BUT accidental!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #3 (Fall 1941)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

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