Millennium Edition: Superman 1 #[nn] [Newsstand]

(December 2000)

Superman #1 The Man of Steel's First Solo Flight (Table of Contents: 1)

Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Carlin (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

An overview of the context of this issue and the characters, stories, and credits, stating that this issue was the first time a new character had ever carried an entire issue on his own. Appears on inside of front and inside of back covers.

[Two Page Origin of Superman] (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited) (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Just before the doomed planet, Krypton, exploded to fragments, a scientist placed his infant son within an experimental rocket-ship, launching it toward Earth!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Ma (Mary) Kent (introduction); Pa Kent (introduction)

Synopsis

After the planet Krypton is blown up, a couple finds a baby in a rocket and adopt him. The young boy grows up to be Superman.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Keywords

Krypton

Indexer Notes

First version that mentions Krypton and foster parents.

[Clark Kent Gets a Job] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Outer waiting-room of the Daily Star...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (not named); Sims; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain)

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

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Indexer Notes

Redrawn sequence edited out of the story from Action #1 when it was recut from comic strip format to comic book format. Superman wears red boots. Story continues in next sequence. In this reprint, this untitled story (including the next sequence as one story) is given the title of "Superman -- Champion of the Oppressed!"

[The Coming of Superman] (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A tireless figure races thru the night.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (intro, not named); Lois Lane (introduction); Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain); Butch Matson (villain); Senator Barrows (villain); Alex Greer (villain)

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

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])
which is reprinted
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

Keywords

Daily Star

Indexer Notes

Continued in next story sequence. Superman wears blue boots in this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[Superman: Lex2000] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[Revolution in San Monte] (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited) (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As they topple like a plummet to the street below, eighty stories distant, Greer shrieks insanely the entire length of the building!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Alex Greer (villain); Emil Norvell (villain); Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor (cameo)

Synopsis

Clark Kent and Lois Lane go to San Monte in South America to cover the war brewing. Superman proves the war is being fomented by munitions manufacturers.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])
which is reprinted
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #2 (July 1938)

Indexer Notes

Clark apparently works for the [Cleveland] Evening News, as he sends pictures there. Superman wears blue boots.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Plastic Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Scientific Explanation of Superman's Amazing Strength--! (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster ?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Keywords

Krypton

Indexer Notes

Adapted (not reprinted) from page 1 in Action Comics #1. In the original, this sequence came after the Supermen of America sequence.

Superman & Action Comics Invite You to Become a Charter Member of the Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[The Blakely Mine Disaster] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited) (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A creaking of timber - an ominous rumble - and then, with a terrific crash, the Blakely coal mine caves in, entrapping a lone miner within its terrible confines!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Elsa Maxwell; Stanislaw Kober; Thornton Blakely (villain)

Synopsis

Clark investigates accidents in a shoddily run mine.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])
which is reprinted
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #3 (August 1938)

Indexer Notes

Superman appears in only one panel in this story, wearing blue boots. In this reprint, this untitled story is given the title of "Cave-In at the Blakely Mine!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Shazam; Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[Superman Plays Football] (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 12.75 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited) (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Shuster

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Exhilarated by the demon Speed, a drunken, irresponsible driver races faster -- faster still!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Coach Randall (villain); Tommy Burke; Mary; Wallace Dodd (cameo)

Synopsis

Superman impersonates a football player to straighten out a fixed game.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])
which is reprinted
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #4 (September 1938)

Indexer Notes

Clark works for the Evening News in this story. Superman wears blue boots. In this reprint, this untitled story is given the title of "Superman -- Football Hero!"

Acquiring Super-Strength (Table of Contents: 14)

Acquiring Super-Strength / activity / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])
which is reprinted
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #4 (September 1938)

[Biff Dugan] (Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited) (signed as Jerry Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster) (illustrations)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited) (signed as Joe Shuster) (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Smashed desks, overturned filing cabinets, strewn plaster, gaping holes in the walls, shining steel fixtures drooping in sad caricature of their former modernistic splendor, greeted the startled Detective Sergeant's eyes...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Biff Dugan (introduction, villain); Sergeant Blake

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

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Indexer Notes

In the original, this sequence came after the "Meet the Creators" sequence.

Boys and Girls: Meet the Creators of the One and Only Superman - America's Greatest Adventure Strip! (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited) (illustration)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited) (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent] (inset); Jerry Siegel (photo); Joe Shuster (photo)

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Indexer Notes

Has photos and bios of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. In the original, this sequence came before the Text Story sequence and the opening paragraph was in red text instead of black text.

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939])

Indexer Notes

This illustration was used for Supermen of America club. On back cover.