Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-02-26
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Superman / cover / 1 page

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Hercules; Atlas
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Indexer Notes

1st Superman cover to actually have something to do with a story inside? ("Stand-In for Hercules!")

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Weatherman Weather House / advertisement / 1 page

Lambs versus Wolfingham!
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Superman / comic story / 12 pages

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain)
Synopsis:
Wilbur Wolfingham shows up in the Eden farming community, which has been beset by drought, tornadoes and insect infestation, and offers nothing but doom and gloom for the future. As a gesture of "good will," he offers to buy out the farmers' land and stock at whatever price they deem fair, giving the people worthless checks. When Superman enters the scene, the farmers have been bilked further by Wolfingham over the community's "worthless" oil well.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes. Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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Private Pete / comic story / 0.75 page

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    Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's funny - I can't find my shoes...
Characters:
Private Pete

Superman's Secret Message
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Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.25 page

The Golden Galleons!
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Superman / comic story / 11 pages

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Tuttle (introduction); Big Joe Reefer (villain, introduction); Hugo (Reefer's brother)
Synopsis:
Superman enters the fray when a criminal smashes the model ship that Jimmy Tuttle has made in conjunction with the Daily Planet's model-building contest so that his own brother can win the prize money.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes. Previously credited to Sam Citron. Based on Martin O’Hearns blog:
http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/04/millie-model-by-ken-bald-and-pete-riss.html,
http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/03/pete-riss-mahunter.html, and
http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2012/03/superman-riss-or-citron.html, and comparing this story
to Citron’s known work on Classics Illustrated 10 [HRN 140] and the DC Mr. District Attorney series, this art credit has been changed to Pete Riss.

Superman figures either swiped from Joe Shuster or redrawn by him.

Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper into War Weapons!
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Superman / public service announcement / 1 page

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    Genre:advocacy; superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis:
Superman puts on a special show, for 100 pounds of waste paper as an admission price, to demonstrate to the kids how that much waste paper can be transformed into 115 cardboard boxes which can hold ten 20mm shells.
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Indexer Notes

Paper drive feature. Art identification by Jerry Bails.

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

[Drill Sergeant to Forget]
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Hank the Yank / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Pencils:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
    Genre:humor; military
Characters:
Hank

Prize Cargo
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Murray Boltinoff (credited as Barry Blane)
Letters:
typeset

[The Suicidal Swain]
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Lois Lane / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Don C. Cameron (signed as Jerry)
Pencils:
Sam Citron (signed as Joe)
Inks:
Don Komisarow (signed as Joe)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen Perry White
Synopsis:
Lois helps stop a man with a broken heart from jumping off an eight story building because his girl gave his present to her of a box of chocolates to her dog.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

1st solo Lois Lane story. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Credits changed to match Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

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Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

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Life's Little Laffs / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Pencils:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Er- The next window, sir...

Stand-In for Hercules!
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Superman / comic story / 12 pages

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Boyle; Professor Button; Archides; Iole; Mercury; Hercules (introduction); Chiron (a centaur); Zeus; Apollo; Mars; Achelous (villain); Hydra (villainous creature)
Synopsis:
At a meeting of The Liar's Club, Mr. Boyle tells the members of the story of the twelve labors of Hercules, and that they were accomplished, not by Hercules, but by Superman himself!
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Indexer Notes

Proto-imaginary story. Inker identification by Bob Hughes. Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

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How to Write Interesting Letters / advertisement / 1 page

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Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Weatherman Weather House
  3. Lambs versus Wolfingham!
    Superman
  4. ["A guide told me she lost 'em in a Athens boarding house..."]
    Wheaties
  5. ["That's funny - I can't find my shoes..."]
    Private Pete
  6. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  7. The Golden Galleons!
    Superman
  8. Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper into War Weapons!
    Superman
  9. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
  10. [Drill Sergeant to Forget]
    Hank the Yank
  11. Prize Cargo
  12. [The Suicidal Swain]
    Lois Lane
  13. ["Oh Boy!- A free model war plane in every package of Pep"]
    Kellogg's Pep
  14. ["Er- The next window, sir..."]
    Life's Little Laffs
  15. Stand-In for Hercules!
    Superman
  16. [no title indexed]
    How to Write Interesting Letters
  17. ["Tell the Mess Sergeant to look up the recipe for turtle soup."]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
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