Superman #44

(January-February 1947)

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

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Playthings of Peril! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Toyman (villain); Lois Lane; J. Price Conway (railroad president); Morgan Bliss (auto magnate); Martin Mink (businessman); Mr. Crystal (jewelry store owner); John Tarr (steamship company president); Grigg

Synopsis

Toyman gives some greedy businessmen a chance to appear to be helping poor children by donating the use of special toys, but in reality it is a scheme by Toyman to rob the businessmen.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Martin O'Hearn; inker credit by Bob Hughes

Clark Shaughnessy (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Men Who Didn't Die on Time! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron ?

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough

Inks

Stan Kaye ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Samuel C. Owens (villain, intro); Joe Swift (intro); George Ryan; Jan Lassen; Charles

Synopsis

Superman investigates when the obituary editor at the Daily Planet starts printing obituaries of people before they die, only to have them subsequently die in the same way that the obituary foretold.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)

Indexer Notes

credits by Bob Hughes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

O Is for Opposum (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Sky Ride (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mal Terret (house name)

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Lit-Win

Pencils

Lit-Win (signed)

Inks

Lit-Win (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah! Seventy-two!

Genre

humor

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Shakespeare's Ghost Writer! (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough

Inks

George Roussos ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Rinton (inventor); William Shakespeare; Sir Harry Stafford; King James I; Ben Jonson

Synopsis

Lois and Clark are accidentally sent through time, where with the help of Superman they save the life of William Shakespeare. Because of Superman's appearance in the past, Lois thinks Clark must be Superman, but he fools her with a dummy and some ventriloquism. Stuck in the past, Lois and Clark start the first newspaper, and Superman helps Shakespeare write Macbeth.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)

Indexer Notes

1st (?) time travel story. Superman can't travel through time by himself in this story.

Inker credit by Bob Hughes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

General Mills, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube

Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good afternoon, sir...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Circus Candy Factory / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Thom McAn Rescued the Polar Explorers (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Red Ryder; Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How to Outbluff a Vicious Dog at Night! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Eveready / advertisement / 1 page (report information)