- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- David Cody Weiss
- Job Number
- G-1788
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]; Jor-L; Lara Jor-L; John Kent; Mary Kent; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Butch Mason
- Synopsis
- Rocketed to Earth-Two from the exploding planet Krypton, Kal-L grows up to become Superman. He makes his public debut in 1938, trying to prevent the execution of an innocent woman.
Retelling of the stories in Action Comics #1 and Superman #1.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (layout); Paul Cassidy (preliminary sketches); John Sikela (Superman's heads only)
- Inks
- Ed Dobrotka; John Sikela (Superman's heads only); Lee Nowak (line work inside figures)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]
Previously unpublished artwork. Wayne Boring provided information as to who did what.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Wayne Boring
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-2263
- Synopsis
- Letters page explains why series was created post-Crisis. Roy Thomas goes into details how odd numbered issues would cover Golden Age origins, while the even numbered ones would follow the more silver/modern age origins. Gives brief history behind Golden Age Superman, and the writers and artists associated with him, including this issue's artist Wayne Boring.
Last Wayne Boring artwork before his passing.