Superman #26

(January-February 1944)

The Super Stunt-Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster; Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Daredevil Dolan (introduction); Billy Dolan (his son, introduction); Mr. Carter (carnival owner); Blackie Weever (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The son of a former carnival daredevil comes to town, not knowing his father had lost his nerve years before in a car stunt gone wrong. Superman agrees to help impersonate the man, so that the son will see "his dad" perform great stunts...that is, until a former carnival employee with a grudge again the daredevil decides to get even.

Reprints:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 (2017)

Comedians' Holiday! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Chiver; Cheadle; Byrd; Busch; Minnie Mannering; J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Clark and Lois decry the closing of a new movie company that has given work to former vaudeville comedians, but when Clark overhears the owner mentioning to his gang that he has doctored the books and stolen $20,000 outright from the company, it's time for Superman to intervene!

Reprints:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 (2017)

[Trying to Be Noticed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Private Pete

Superman's Master! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Andy Hoops (introduction, death); Mrs. Hoops (his mother); Myrtle Kendall; Charles Stanton [as Carl Denby](banker); Marty O'Ghool (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

A young man accidentally overhears Superman talking with a wanted felon, who has now become an upright citizen of the community, and he blackmails the Man of Steel in order to keep that information secret...with fatal results.

Reprints:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 (2017)

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

Laffs / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

The March (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Alton Black (signed)

Letters:

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Good Ol Judge Jalopy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Judge Jalopy

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-16.

The Quicksilver Kid! (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Dick Sprang (layouts); San Citron (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Quicksilver Kid [Mercury, God of Speed](introduction)

Synopsis:

Superman has his hands full trying to battle a group of gangsters, who are disguising themselves as Policemen and commiting robberies, and the shenanigans of Mercury, the winged messenger of the pagan gods and mischievous patron of thieves, who has been awakened from a 1000 year sleep.

Reprints:

• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 ([June] 2006)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 (2017)

Indexer Notes

No "S" on cape. "A flying man in a crimson cape!" Sprang credit added by Craig Delich on 2007-1-8. Too much of the story's characters, poses, lines, etc. reek of Sprang's work. He probably roughed the story out, Citron finished the pencils and and the inker took it from there.