([October] 2007)

DC, 2006 Series
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Volume
3
Price
14.99 USD; 17.99 CAD
Pages
196
On-sale Date
2007-08-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-1374-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401213749 51499
Editing
Bob Joy (credited) (editor - collected edition)

Issue Notes

Reprints the Superman stories from Action Comics #21-25, Superman #4-5, and New York World's Fair Comics 1940.

Story titles from the table of contents. All story art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Superman Studio."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Wayne Boring
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Figure taken from the cover from Action Comics #25. Incorrectly credited to Joe Shuster in the volume credits.

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

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

Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints

[The Atomic Disintegrator] (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Terry Curtis (inventor, introduction); Ultra-Humanite (villain, apparent death)
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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints

[Europe at War, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited); Paul Cassidy
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed in story); T-21 [Lita Laverne] (villain, foreign actress, 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

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

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

Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent] (also inset)
Reprints

[Europe at War, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor; Luthor (villain, introduction, no first name given in this story, apparent death); General Lupo (villain)
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

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

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

Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

[The Challenge of Luthor] (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Paul Cassidy
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Professor Martinson; phony Professor Martinson (villain, death); Luthor (villain, with red hair, second 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

[Luthor's Undersea City] (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (cameo); Lois Lane; Luthor (villain, with red hair); Luthor's henchmen (villains, some die)
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

[The Economic Enemy] (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
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.
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[Terror in the Trucker's Union] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Carlson; Amy Carlson; Gus Snide (villain, introduction); 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

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

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

Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

[Carnahan's Heir] (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Rufus Carnahan; Peter Carnahan; Jenkins; Jake Brent (villain); 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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Pencils
Wayne Boring (credited)
Inks
Wayne Boring (credited)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

[Amnesiac Robbers] (Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Paul Cassidy
Inks
Paul Cassidy
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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

[The Slot Machine Racket] (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Paul Cassidy; Wayne Boring
Inks
Paul Cassidy; Paul Lauretta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
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

[Campaign Against the Planet] (Table of Contents: 18)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Paul Cassidy
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Zachary Collum (introduction, publisher of the Morning Pictorial); Burt Mason (introduction, publisher of the Daily Planet); 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!
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[Luthor's Incense Machine] (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks
Wayne Boring
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Gregory (villain, death); Borden Mosely (villain)
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 inslave the men and thus profit off their ventures.
Reprints

[The Wonder Drug] (Table of Contents: 20)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Paul Cassidy
Inks
Paul Cassidy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Pencils
Jack Burnley (credited)
Inks
Jack Burnley (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints

[Superman at the World's Fair] (Table of Contents: 22)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils
Jack Burnley
Inks
Jack Burnley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Blackie Sarto (villain)
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.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  3. 2. [The Atomic Disintegrator]
    Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  5. 4. [Europe at War, Part 1]
    Superman
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  7. 6. [Europe at War, Part 2]
    Superman
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  9. 8. [The Challenge of Luthor]
    Superman
  10. 9. [Luthor's Undersea City]
    Superman
  11. 10. [The Economic Enemy]
    Superman
  12. 11. [Terror in the Trucker's Union]
    Superman
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  14. 13. [Carnahan's Heir]
    Superman
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  16. 15. [Amnesiac Robbers]
    Superman
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  18. 17. [The Slot Machine Racket]
    Superman
  19. 18. [Campaign Against the Planet]
    Superman
  20. 19. [Luthor's Incense Machine]
    Superman
  21. 20. [The Wonder Drug]
    Superman
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin; Superman
  23. 22. [Superman at the World's Fair]
    Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
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  • John Monagle
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore