- Script
- Don C. Cameron [as 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]; Jimmy Olson (sic); Lois Lane; Perry White; McGinnis (policeman); Silver Foxx (villain, introduction); Smokey (villain); Snake (villain); Pinky (villain)
- Synopsis
- Lois Lane thinks Clark Kent is trying to trick her into believing he's Superman!
- Reprints
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).
- Script
- Don C. Cameron [as Jerry] (signed)
- Pencils
- Sam Citron [as Joe] (signed)
- Inks
- Don Komisarow
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Jack Dover [as Parsons] (villain, introduction); Joe (villain)
- Synopsis
- Lois is taken prisoner by the Dover gang, which hopes to prevent her from testifying in court against Dover's swindling capers.
- Reprints
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits changed to match similar credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). We previously credited Ed Dobrotka on pencils and George Roussos on inks.
- Script
- Alvin Schwartz [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
- Pencils
- Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Poltus VI (introduction; flashback); Andronicus (introduction, a seer, flashback); Johnny Poly [King Poltus VII] (introduction); Emily (Johnny's fiancee); the King's ministers (villains)
- Synopsis
- Unhappy because his father-in-law to be considers him to be a nobody, Johnny Poly goes to Poltavia to bid on a picture of the nation's ancient monarch. The current King's ministers see Johnny and note his resemblance to the ancient monarch, and offer him the chance to be the new King of Poltavia. He accepts, not knowing the ministers plan to use Johnny to strip the nation of its wealth.
- Reprints
Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). Alvin Schwartz used the name Vernon Woodrum when working in comics.
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Running this obstacle course is a cinch!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Pete
- Script
- Eric Carter (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster ? (signed); Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks
- Ira Yarbrough
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Mr. Mxyztplk (introduction)
- Synopsis
- An imp from another dimension plagues Superman with practical jokes until he can make him say his name backwards.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 (January 1966) [slightly retitled] -
in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971) [black and white, with the Siegel and Shuster credit removed] -
in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983) -
in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) #1 (1987) -
in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) ([November] 1987) -
in Superman Mannen av stål [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([desember] 2005) -
in Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2004 series) #2 ([December] 2006) -
in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #8 ([October] 2010) -
in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 (2017)
Mxyztplk is pronounced "Mix-yizt-pulk" according to Alvin Schwartz. Name was changed to Mxyzptlk in 1958. Writer credit claimed by Jerry Siegel in a letter to Richard Morrissey that states this story was written prior to earlier printed newspaper sequence by Whitney Ellsworth and Wayne Boring.
- Script
- Jack Farr
- Pencils
- Jack Farr
- Inks
- Jack Farr
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Farr
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The prince of gadgeteers...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Handy Andy
Art verified by Craig Delich.