- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Contains some panels from various issues.
- Script
- Jim Steranko
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
Contains some panels from various issues.
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automobiles
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Shuster
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As a distant planet was destroyed by old age,...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent] (introduction, origin)
- Synopsis
- A space vehicle from a destroyed world lands on Earth, and its occupant becomes Superman. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is explained.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Shuster ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll; Butch Matson; Senator Barrows; Alex Greer
- Synopsis
- Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington D.C. to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Star
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And so begins the startling adventures...
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Illustrated promotional ad for the Superman strip appearing in Action Comics.
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
biplanes; parachuting
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor; Alex Greer; Emil Norvell
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from being executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being fomented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Attention all American youth!
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- Keywords
- sailors; swords
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Stanislaw Kober; Thornton Blakely
- Synopsis
- After Superman saves a group of miners from a cave-in, Clark Kent senses a story that may mean that the mine's owner, Thorton Blakely, is actually running unsafe mine operations and blaming accidents on the miners themselves.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Fellers!
- Reprints
Ad from membership in The Supermen of America.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Tommy Burke; Mary; Oliver Stanley; Coach Randall
- Synopsis
- Overhearing a crooked college football coach at Dale University plotting to populate his team with thugs to defeat rival Cordell University, Superman impersonates a football player from Cordell to straighten out the situation.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- football
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- Keywords
- deserts; swords
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor
- Synopsis
- Lois and Clark compete with one another to get the scoop on the possible collapse of the Valleyho Dam.
- Reprints
Superman's and Lois' first kiss.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Lauretta
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (intro as an unnamed office boy); Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Nick Williams (villain)
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent is introduced to a fighter manager who claims to be Superman's personal manager. But when Lois discovers the existence of a phony Superman, who is tied to that manager, the real Superman must act quickly to save Lois' life.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Lauretta
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Curly; Jordan; Derek Niles; Trigger
- Synopsis
- The Jordan Circus is having a rough go of it and the promissory notes are coming due, so Superman decides to join the circus to help it pay off those notes and get it back into the black.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Lauretta
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Frankie Marello; Box-Ears; Nick; Pinky; Gimpy
- Synopsis
- Superman decides to get involved in a case involving wayward boys being used by a petty criminal, who uses the boys to steal items from wealthy people that he can sell for quick cash...all at their expense.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Lauretta
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Detective Captain Reilly; Mortimer Snoop
- Synopsis
- Superman, having torn down a slum area so that newer, more modern apartments could be built, is labeled as a crook by the Chief of Police, who assigns Detective Reilly (better known as "100% Reilly", because he always gets his man) to bring the Man of Tomorrow in.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fighter planes
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Lauretta
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Walter Crane; Governor Bixby; Superintendent Wyman
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent interviews a former prisoner who was starved and abused by the Coreytown Chain Gang, so Superman decides to get the real scoop on these abuses...and put a stop to them.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Meek; Bronson
- Synopsis
- An unscrupulous firm sells what they think to be worthless stock in "Black Gold Oil", then try to buy it all back when they hear that oil has been discovered on the property...thanks to Superman.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara
- Reprints
- Keywords
- spacecraft
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent witnesses the death of a dear friend of his at the hands of a reckless driver and, when the Mayor refuses to deal with the problem, Superman decides to wage war on these drivers himself!
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Vin Sullivan; Fred Guardineer (head views)
- Inks
- Vin Sullivan; Fred Guardineer (head views)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Zatara; Butch the Pup; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Gingersnap
- Reprints
Credits list Sheldon Mayer as artist.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Shuster ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Nick Stone
- Synopsis
- Lois and Clark are assigned to cover the Fair but, after Lois is kidnapped, Superman has to take over, both to rescue her from a wanted criminal and make sure the Fair is covered properly for the paper.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- Keywords
- locomotives
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Carlyle; Reynolds; Pete; Ultra-Humanite (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Superman decides to wage war against the Cab Protection League, a firm trying to victimize the independent cab companies. But when he thinks the situation has been resolved, he comes to face a new threat: the Ultra-Humanite, a foe who gained from a scientific experiment the most agile and learned brain on earth...a foe who seeks to dominate the world!
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Shuster (logo design); ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Shuster
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mary Kent (introduction, death); Mr. Kent (introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- A rocketship, carrying an infant, rockets from the planet Krypton as it blows up, and lands on the Earth where a couple named the Kents find the baby inside the rocket and eventually adopt him. This infant boy grows up to be Superman.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Krypton
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Shuster
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Sims; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent applies for a job at the Daily Star, but is turned down until Superman stops a lynching and Clark phones in the story. Then Superman gets singer Bea Carroll to confess to the murder of Jack Kennedy.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Star
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Shuster ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Superman's strength is attributed to the lighter gravity found on Earth, and is compared to the ant and the grasshopper, both insects whose strength and jumping ability, by comparsion, would be considered super strength.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smashed desks, overturned filing cabinets,...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Sergeant Blake; Harvey Brown; Biff Dugan
- Synopsis
- After Superman eludes Sergeant Blake by changing to Clark Kent, Clark blackmails the detective into allowing him a jailhouse interview with Biff Dugan. When Dugan escapes, Clark switches to Superman and returns Dugan to his cell.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys and Girls: Meet the creators of the one and only Superman - America's Greatest Adventure Strip!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster
- Reprints
Features photos and biographies of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman.
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Ancient Egypt; snakes
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; City Inspector Hughes; Lyons; Ultra-Humanite
- Synopsis
- While investigating the collapse of a subway tunnel, Superman first faces off with those in charge of Star, Inc., a firm which built the tunnel with sub-standard materials, then he encounters the Ultra-Humanite, the bald, evil genius bent on world domination whom he thought died in the previous story.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fish; submarines
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Holloway; Warren Kenyon; Big Boy Chaney; Marchetti; Mugsy
- Synopsis
- On assignment at Kidtown, Clark discovers that the institution needs $2 million to remain in the black and remain open, and, as Superman, decides that a newly discovered underwater treasure is the answer for the funds he needs.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Police Commissioner Watson; Marty Kaye; Butch; Nick; Pete; Jack O'Leary
- Synopsis
- After a run-in with a gambler who is opting out for suicide, and a Police Commissioner who won't deal with the city's gambling problem, Superman decides to wage a one-man war himself against gambling and aid the victims of it.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Larry Trent; Charlie Bennett; Jock Kane; Slugger Barnes; Tom Croy
- Synopsis
- Superman saves the former heavyweight boxing champion of the world from committing suicide. When Superman learns that Larry Trent was drugged by his former manager to lose the title bout, the Man of Tomorrow disguises himself as Trent and slugs his way back to the title match, in which Trent himself steps in and wins.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Adolphus Runyan; Bartow; Lubane
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent is assigned to interview Professor Runyan, who claims to have invented a gas so powerful that it can penetrate any type of gas mask. A group of criminals successfully steal the formula, wishing to sell it to a munitions manufacturer so it can be used in the civil war in Boravia.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Pete Asconio; Nat Grayson; Butch Grogan
- Synopsis
- After five construction workers mysteriously die while trying to erect the Atlas Building, Superman decides to investigate, and discovers that Nat Grayson wants to prevent Bruce Constructions, Inc. from completing the building in the time required in the contract, thus eliminating his rival competitor.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down the steps of Police Headquarters hurried 'Big Mike' Caputo,...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Big Mike Caputo; Sneer; Fink
- Synopsis
- After being forced to leave numerous other cities, Big Mike Caputo moves in on Metropolis, a city, he says is a town rolling in gravy and waiting to be plucked! Superman steps into the fray, rounding up Caputo for the Police Chief, who forces the protection racketeer to leave town.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- soldiers; tanks
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Ultra-Humanite
- Synopsis
- Superman struggles to keep the Ultra-Humanite from his campaign to terrorize and blackmail Deering Lines or sabotage every steamer of their company.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Gene Powers; Senator Hastings; Trixie; Benny; Hamilton
- Synopsis
- Superman investigates and halts the activities of a "yellow journalist" editor who is blackmailing noted officials.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- Keywords
- artillery
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Henry Travers; Ultra-Humanite
- Synopsis
- A purple plaque sweeps Metropolis killing citizens left and right. Only Dr. Travers has discovered an antidote, and Superman must stop the Ultra-Humanite from killing the good doctor and prevent that cure from being used.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Frankie Dennis
- Reprints
- Keywords
- train
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (layouts) (signed)
- Inks
- Dennis Neville (finished art) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Frankie Dennis; Lyman (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- When Superman saves a runaway boy from being run over by a train, he discovers the child is from an orphanage where the superintendent abuses the children in a variety of ways. So the Man of Tomorrow enlists the aid of the young man to act as an undercover agent to spy on things and report back to Clark Kent.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (as unnamed office boy); George Taylor; Lois Lane; Lew Frawley (villain, intro)
- Synopsis
- Superman must save Lois' life and stop criminals who are smuggling in jewels for Europeans to escape paying custom duties.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bank vaults
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Dolores Winters; Ultra-Humanite
- Synopsis
- After Clark Kent saves Dolores Winters from harm, he is granted a special interview. When that interview is cancelled and she kidnaps a boatload of wealthy citizens, Superman intervenes and discovers that Ultra has had his mind transplanted into her body.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- torpedoes; warships
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Dennis Neville
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Terry Curtis; Ultra-Humanite
- Synopsis
- Ultra hears of the invention by Terry Curtis of an atomic disintegrator he has created and vows to get it, all in order to further advance his plan to dominate the world.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed as Shuster)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed as Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- steamshovels
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed); Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Agent T-21 [Lita Laverne] (introduction)
- Synopsis
- When Toran suddenly invades Galonia, Clark and Lois are sent to cover the war. On the ship to Europe, Clark saves the life of Lita Laverne, a famous foreign actress. When she later snubs him, Clark and Lois attend a reception for Lita to investigate. The reception is cut short when the city is bombed. Superman ends the bombing but discovers a neutral steamship is under attack and that Lita might have a connection.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Star; Galonia-Toran War
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Lex Luthor (introduction); General Lupo
- Synopsis
- While on assignment with Lois Lane as Clark Kent, Superman investigates the conflict between Galonia and Toran and finds munitions manufacturer Luthor behind it. When Lois is kidnapped and taken to Luthor's colossal dirigible, Superman follows and puts an end to Luthor and the war.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Planet
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Professor Martinson (death); Luthor (villain, with red hair, 2nd appearance)
- Synopsis
- When Clark Kent begins to investigate a new weapon being tested by the Army that artifically causes earthquakes, little does he know that Lex Luthor is hot on the trail of securing the plans for that invention, one way or the other.
- Reprints
DAILY STAR becomes the DAILY PLANET.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (cameo); Lois Lane; Luthor (villain, with red hair)
- Synopsis
- Superman faces off once again with the evil Luthor, who first has tapped oil from oil wells all over the world for his purposes, then inundating the western coast of the U.S. when he raises a glass-enclosed city of ancient weird design from the murky depths.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Paul Dorgan (cameo, death); Barney Calhoun (introduction, death); J. F. Curtis (villain, introduction, death, killed by Superman); Louie (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- The suicide of the author of a manuscript, which states that sinister forces seek to retard this nation's return to prosperity, prods Superman to dart from place to place, averting the disasters that have been planned by these forces to disrupt vital aspects of national industries.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Carlson; Amy Carlson; Gus Snide (villain, intro); Nick (villain); Pete (villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman pretends to join a group of racketeers who want to control the city's Truck Drivers' Union so that they can paralyze food distribution and demand blackmail.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Rufus Carnahan; Peter Carnahan; Jenkins; Jake Brent; Benny Farrel
- Synopsis
- A dying millionaire requests the aid of the Man of Tomorrow to help straighten out his worthless son, who is a gambler, spendthrift, and a weak-kneed sop.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Wayne Boring
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- speedboats
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (named); Lois Lane; Galbraith; Medini (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- A weird case of bank guards, messengers, etc. suffering from amnesia while on missions to transport large amounts of money spurs Superman to get involved.
- Reprints
"S" on cape, large "S" shield on shirt begins; Jimmy Olsen introduced 4/15/40 on radio.
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Paul Lauretta ?
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (pages 1-8); Wayne Boring (pages 9-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Lauretta (pages 9-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed); Paul Cassidy (pages 1-8)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Jensen; Harde; Slug Kelly (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Lois and Clark are very concerned when they see business owners trying to induce children into their stores to play slot machines, placed there by the goons of Slug Kelly. When the duo are held captive by Kelly and threatened with death, Superman takes over to clean house of the machines and the mugs responsible for them.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Zachary Collum (introduction, publisher of the Morning Pictorial); Lois Lane; Burt Mason (introduction, publisher of the Daily Planet); George Taylor; Representative Barnes; Alex Evell (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Punk politician Alex Evell, because of his growing political power, is out to buy the Planet's competitor, so that he will have a newspaper to back up his political dealings. But Evell doesn't like Clark Kent and his scathing articles about him, so the crook sets out to buy out the Planet as well...or else!
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Mr. Gregory (villain, death); Borden Mosely (villain); Lex Luthor (villain, with grey hair)
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent smells a rat when he enters several offices of financial wizards, hoping to find out why they are profiting during a time of extreme depression, and noting a sickening sweet smell of incense in the air. Superman discovers that it involves a plot by Luthor, who uses the narcotic incense to enslave the men and thus profit off their ventures.
- Reprints
Superman uses his powers to reshape his features for the first time.
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Morton Craig; Professor Carl Grinstead; Dr. Bren (villain); Carlin (villain, introduction); Nick Blake (villain); Butch (villain); Jimmy (villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman investigates why a noted chemist's serum, parabiolene, financed by a noted gangster named Carlin, is being used on noted people, making them virtual slaves to do the bidding of Carlin.
- Reprints
Superman uses x-ray vision and super hearing.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Jack Burnley
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (as Joe Shuster) (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (as Joe Shuster) (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Blackie Sarto
- Synopsis
- Lois and Clark are given an assignment to get the feminine slant of the new World's Fair, and overhear a plot by an international jewel thief to steal the Madras Emerald before it can be displayed at the Fair in the House of Jewels.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Wayne Boring
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Lauretta (pages 1-5); Paul Cassidy (pages 6-13)
- Inks
- Siegel and Shuster Studio (as Shuster Shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Tommy; Little Mary; Dr. Wortington; Professor Clarence Cobalt (villain); Grafton (villain)
- Synopsis
- Professor Cobalt, proprietor of the Cobalt Clinic, has his advertisement turned down by the Daily Planet because it makes spurious claims. Clark runs him out after Cobalt gets aggressive with George Taylor. George gets Clark and Lois to investigate the clinic for an exposé.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
- Reprints
- Keywords
- circuses; lions
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Dennis Neville
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Davey Merrill; Mr. Tweed; Mrs. Tweed
- Synopsis
- Clark arrives for a date with Lois, who is making a donation to the Brentwood Rehabilitation Home. Clark tells her that the place is more interested in money than their young charges. Lois decides they should visit the home so that she can disprove Clark. After a pleasant visit, Lois and Clark are stopped by a charge, Davey Merrill, who cut his hands climbing the wall just to ask for something to eat. Once they feed him, he tells them all about the horrible conditions at the home.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Mr. Jenkins; Herculo
- Synopsis
- Clark and Lois are led to believe that a series of robberies are being committed by a circus strongman, but it's Superman who rounds up the real perpetrator!
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Samuel Norval (cameo, jewel collector, death); Burkley (villain, architect, introduction); Sgt. Casey (introduction); Lois Lane; "Scoop" Carter; John Davis; Henry Davis
- Synopsis
- When Lois is found at the scene of the murder of a noted jewel collector, she is arrested for that murder. Superman learns that the architect, who had installed numerous fail safe devices to protect the jeweler's gems, is responsible, and he had planned to throw the blame on the jeweler's two nephews until Lois had come upon the scene.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark kent]; George Taylor; Mr. Mason (Daily Planet publisher); Lois Lane; Jim Tirrell (death); George Tirrell; Calvin Chalmers; Brute Bashby (villain); Twist (villain)
- Synopsis
- Brute Bashby and his thugs roll into the town of Gateson with the sole purpose of establishing a protection racket, which means each shop owner must fork over 10% of their profits. When the local newspaper editor starts a written campaign against the racketeers, an explosion at the newspaper office kills him, which attracts the attention of Lois and Clark, who vow to do something about it.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy; Paul Lauretta (signed as as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Mumsen (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Relief efforts to help the tornado and earthquake ravaged South American nation of San Caluma head out by boat but hit a snag when an aircraft carrying the relief commission officials nearly crashes. Things go from bad to worse when Superman's true identity is discovered by a thief, several witnesses to the event are killed, and Lois is nearly burned to death.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (pages 1-8); Paul Lauretta (pages 9-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey [as Sgt. Clancy]; John (cameo, contruction company head, death); Sam Goetz; Mr. Jackson (villain, introduction); Mayor Hansen (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- When a department store collapses and the head of the construction firm that erected it is slain, Clark Kent smells a story in the making, and knows it when, as Superman, he investigates the construction of the city's new Municipal Stadium. At the opening day ceremonies of the stadium it collapses, and, while Superman rescues children, Lois Lane is seriously injured and taken to the hospital where a transfusion is necessary...provided by Clark Kent!
- Reprints
Oddity: Clark tears open his own skin in order for the transfusion to take place.
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Wayne Boring
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automobiles
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sergeant Casey; Mrs. Davis; Tom Davis (villain); Mr. Fullerton (villain, death); Martin (villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman investigates the Fullerton Insurance Company, which is selling small valued policies to poor people, who end up dying under mysterious circumstances.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Leo Nowak ?
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automobiles
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Bob Calvert; Laura Vogel; Carlton Vogel; Zolar
- Synopsis
- In midsummer, the city of Metropolis is caught in the midst of a bitter snowstorm. As Clark investigates, a message from Laura Vogel comes over the radio, telling Superman to meet her in Park Ferry since she can explain the snowstorm. Before Superman arrives, some foreigners use a glowing globe to disintegrate a girl and a policeman. Superman gets there in time to save Lois from the same fate, but the Arabs get away.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster ?
- Inks
- Wayne Boring
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed); Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White (introduction, 1st name revealed in issue #10, first appearance in comic book); Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Police Chief Watson; George Lash; Nick Norton (villain, introduction); Mike Moran (villain, introduction); Billings (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A clever gangster kills the wife of the prosecuting attorney, leaving evidence behind that her husband actually did it, all so that the prosecutor wouldn't be in a position to prosecute the felon and his mobster friends.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed); Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White (un-named); Lois Lane; Commissioner Jim Stanley (villain, introduction); Kotzoff (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Planet editor sends Clark packing off for Gay City, where the people within the city fall victim to a strange malady that causes them, upon contact, to disintergrate!
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Bert Runyan (introduction); Red Tyler (villain, introduction); Public Prosecutor Ralph Dale (villain, introduction); Nat Burly (villain, introduction); Captain McDay (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Believing the public prosecutor to be in league with the underworld, Kent convinces Perry White that the Planet should oppose candidate Red Tyler and back an honest candidate like Bert Runyan.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed); Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed); Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Kennedy (editor of the Daily Pictorial); Jane Day (villain); Peter Peeker (villain); Frank Jordan (villain); un-named other members of the Black Gang (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Superman faces a ruthless gang of men known as the Black Band, who specialize in brutal robberies of night club patrons in Metropolis, including Clark Kent and Lois Lane, who disguise themselves as wealthy patrons themselves to smoke out members of the gang.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Leo Nowak ?
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- firing squads
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Baron Munsdorf (villain, introduction); Kolb (villain, death); un-named henchman (villain, death); Professor Hunter (villain)
- Synopsis
- Lois is taking a vacation to Brentville, but she and Clark are amazed to see the residents fast asleep, victims of a kindly Professor's new "gas" invention. But Superman must stop Baron Munsdorf, who wants the plans for that gas, and other inventions of the Professor, including the deadly sub-atomic death ray!
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Steranko
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Contains some panels from various issues.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Contains some panels from various issues. Short biographies on Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.