| Issue | #[nn] |
| Published | 1971 |
| Cover Price | 10.00 USD |
| Pages | 396 |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell ? |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Notes | color |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 ([Summer 1939]) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Notes | small color reproductions of various covers |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #12; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #14; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #17; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #18; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #26; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #29; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #32; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #38; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #41; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #45; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #50 |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Notes | first 9 pages in color; last 13 pages also in Action #1 |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 ([Summer 1939]) [pp. 1-5]; from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 [pp. 6-18] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Notes | also in Superman #1 |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #2 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Professor Martinson (death); Luthor (villain, with red hair, 2nd 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Pencil/Ink credits changed based on the GCD index for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #4. [MN 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #4 (Spring 1940) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lt. Ferguson; ex-Captain Lang; Karl Wolff (villain, intro, death); Hall (villain) |
| Synopsis | A former Naval officer, discharged for conduct unbecoming to an officer, draws the attention of Karl Wolff, consul for Dukalia, a nation which believes it is superior to America, and desires to take the U.S. over. Superman investigates and discovers that this Naval officer has invented a submarine that can operate in the air, as well as on or below the surface of the ocean, and that he is a double agent being used to facilitate the capture of these spies. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Joe Shuster Pencil/Ink credit changed based on information in the GCD index of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Senator Tom Billingsley; The Light [Lex Luthor] (villain) |
| Synopsis | Superman must battle Lex Luthor who is disguised as The Light, a criminal who kidnaps prominent men from many different fields, hypnotizes them with colored lights, and makes them do his bidding. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (layouts)(signed); Leo Nowak (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Joe Shuster layout credit added based on information from the GCD index of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13 (November-December 1941) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (name Jimmy revealed); Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Thomas Gayford (death); Amos Kendrick; The Archer [Quigley] (villain, intro) |
| Synopsis | A new villain hits the front pages of Metropolis' newspapers, a villain who prefers hunting human beings for profit rather than animals, and when Perry White cannot locate Lois or Clark to cover the story, a young office boy at the Daily Planet takes on the job himself --- and gets his first by-line! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Novak |
| Inks | Leo Novak |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13 (November-December 1941) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Secretary of the Navy Hank Fox; Hokopoko (villain, intro, death); Utsum (villain, intro, death); the Black Circle (villains, intro, deaths) |
| Synopsis | Superman discovers that Battleship Y-92 had been sabotaged by agents of the war-like nation of Napkan upon launching. He later discovers that pro-Napkan parties have been established in South American, and the enemy wishes to have more formed in Central American nations that will turn anti-American, thus allowing Napkan to openly invade the United States without opposition. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Ink credit changed from Leo Novak based on information from the GCD index for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #15. |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #15 (March-April 1941) |
| Characters | Superboy; Lois Lane; Editor Morton |
| Synopsis | Clark wins a contest to work as a cub reporter on the Daily Planet for one week. And so does Lois Lane. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Al Wenzel |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Notes | "John Sikela?" inker credit changed based on art id by Bob Hughes 7/07. |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #128 (May 1948) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; The Talon [Albert Caldwell] (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Luthor (cameo; villain); Ultra (cameo; villain); Eustace Watson (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Lois first suspects that Clark Kent is Superman, but he quickly convinces her he is not with some razzle dazzle super speed. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | color section. Page 7 cut. Credits updated based on information from Superman Archives #5. |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #17 (July-August 1942) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Funnyface (intro; villain); Torgo (villain); Machine-Gun Mike (villain); the Black Raider (villain); Goola (villain); Viper (villain); Detective Craig (intro); Prince Peril (intro); Solitary Rider (intro); Streak Duga (intro); Happy Daze (intro) (comic strip villains/heroes) |
| Synopsis | Superman must battle a new villain who has invented a machine that can materialize two-dimensional figures out of the comics to rob for him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Ed Dobrotka? |
| Inks | John Sikela |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 (November-December 1942) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; animated Superman; animated Lois Lane; animated Mad Scientist (villain) |
| Synopsis | Clark and Lois decide to go to the movies, but when Clark discovers that it's the the latest Fleisher Superman cartoon, he has to think fast to keep Lois from discovering that he is Superman. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (pencil layouts) (signed); Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (finished pencils) (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | cut: page 11 panel 3 and page 12 panel 2 Credits change to reflect information in the GCD index of the original printing. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 (November-December 1942) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Colonel McNab; Lieutenant-General Bullitt; Brigadier General Armor; Brigadier General Starrett |
| Synopsis | When Superman arrives at Camp Towne to make an appearance, he volunteers to participate in the war games that will take place, and is made an honorary Corporal. But after watching America's fighting men in action, and his side losing, he decides that he is not needed to fight this war, and that our boys can handle the job alone. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Citron; John Siekla? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Credits changed to reflect the information in the GCD index of the original. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943) |
| Characters | Mr. Mxyztplk (Intro); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen |
| Synopsis | An imp from another dimension plagues Superman with practical jokes until he can make him say his name backwards. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster ?; Ira Yarbrough |
| Inks | Ira Yarbrough |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #30 (September-October 1944) |
| Characters | BBB Gang [Brute; Buzzard; Bear] (Intro; Villain); Superman; Hocus; Pocus; Lois Lane (as Superwoman); Perry White |
| Synopsis | Lois believes Hocus and Pocus have given her super powers. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Alvin Schwartz |
| Pencils | John Sikela |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Notes | The reprint is taken from a British reprint that had some unusual changes, such as guineas instead of dollars. Ink credit changed from John Sikela to George Roussos based on information from the original GCD index. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #45 (March-April 1947) |
| Characters | Superman; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Luthor (cameo); John Kent (1st named, flashback); Mary Kent (flashback) |
| Synopsis | After a prologue which demonstrates Superman's amazing abilities, his origin is recounted. On the scientifically advanced planet of Krypton, Jor-El fails to convince the Council of Five that Krypton is doomed. As Krypton explodes, Jor-El and Lara send their son to Earth, where he is found and adopted by the elderly Kents. As Clark grows to maturity he manifests abilities far beyond that of mortal men. On his deathbed, his father urges Clark to become a powerful force for good as Superman. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #53 (July-August 1948) |
| Characters | Superman; Orson Welles; Martler (Intro, villain); other Martians (Intro); Nancy Guild; Perry White; Lois Lane |
| Synopsis | Orson accidentally gets trapped in a rocket to Mars where he meets Martian Nazis. No one on Earth believes his broadcast pleas for help, except Superman. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | Ink credit changed from Wayne Boring to Stan Kaye based on information from the original GCD index. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #62 (January-February 1950) |
| Characters | Batman; Robin; John Smilter; Lois Lane |
| Synopsis | Superman and Batman learn each other's secret i.d.'s. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye [pages 1-8]; John Fischetti [pages 9-12] |
| Notes | Inker credit changed based on information in the GCD index for the original. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #76 (May-June 1952) |
| Characters | Lana Lang (1st app. in SUPERMAN; as an adult); Mrs. Lewis Lang; Superboy (Flashback); Lens Lewis (Villain, Intro) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #78 (September-October 1952) |
| Characters | Luthor; Toyman; Prankster |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | William Woolfolk |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #88 (March 1954) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane |
| Synopsis | Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Wayne Boring |
| Notes | first Lori Lemaris |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Krypto; red kryptonite; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent](flashback); Kozz (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback; cameo); Martha Kent (flashback; cameo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot |
| Synopsis | While rescuing a bathyscaph from the ocean bottom where it rests next to a Red Kryptonite meteor, Superman remembers all the other times that Red Kryptonite has affected him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Notes | Flashbacks to many Superboy / Superman Red Kryptonite stories. |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #139 (August 1960) |
| Characters | Superman; Bizarro #1; Bizarro-Lois #1; Bizarro-Jr. #1 (born); Bizarro World; Lex Luthor (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback) |
| Synopsis | Bizarro-Lois gives birth to Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 who, while he thinks like a Bizarro looks like Superman when he was Super-Tot. When B-Jr. No. 1 becomes publicly known, Bizarro takes him out into space and stores him in an abandoned space capsule. The capsule crashes on Earth and Bizarro-Jr. No 1 is taken to the same Midvale Orphanage where Linda Lee (Supergirl) lives. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140 (October 1960) |
| Characters | Superman; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Supergirl; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude |
| Synopsis | Linda Lee is assigned to watch the newly named baby Buster which lasts until B-Jr. No. 1 remembers the existence of his parents and flies off. Supergirl and Superman take Bizarro Jr. to the Fortress where they have him adopted by two of Superman's robots. During Jr.'s sleep period Supergirl's tries to do her chemistry homework and when her Heat Vision blows up her assignment she thinks she's turned "baby buster" into a Bizarro! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140 (October 1960) |
| Characters | Superman; Bizarro-Supergirl (intro); Supergirl; Bizarro-Jr. #1; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude; green kryptonite; blue kryptonite; Bizarro-Lois #1 |
| Synopsis | Bizarro-Jr. finds Lex's original Imperfect Duplicator while playing in the Fortress of Solitude and creates a Bizarro-Supergirl. Superman and Supergirl decide to return "Buster" to Bizarro world but Bizarro-Supergirl wants to keep him for her own. Bizarro spots his now-acceptable-looking child and and leads all the Bizarros into War against Earth. Superman uses the Duplicator Ray to turn a pile of Green K into Blue Kryptonite and then paints it green. The Bizarros attempt to seize the disguised blue K, are weakened retreat back to their homeworld. Superman then uses the Blue K to free Bizarro-Jr. No. 1 from the Bizarro-Supergirl and returns him to his adoring parents. Bizarro Supergirl is later found dead next to the Green/blue kryptonite pile. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #140 (October 1960) |
| Characters | Superman; Al Capone (villain); Perry White; Titano (cameo); green kryptonite |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #142 (January 1961) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Jr. #1 (guest star); Bizarro-Lois Jr. #1 (intro); The Abominable Snowman (intro, cameo); Bizarro World; Charlie Chaplin (cameo; image on TV); an actor (as Frankenstein's Monster) |
| Synopsis | After seeing an Earth program claiming that Frankenstein was the scariest monster, Bizarro #1 travels to Earth to prove that he is scarier than Frankenstein. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | Inker credit changed based on information from the GCD index of the original printing. [Mike Nielsen 3/2010] |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #143 (February 1961) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (flashback); Smallville Mayor Courtney (flashback); Gregg Peterson (flashback); Dirk; Mugsy |
| Synopsis | The story of Superboy's debut and first meeting with President Roosevelt. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Notes | An Untold Tale of Superman |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #144 (April 1961) |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Neal Adams |
| Inks | Neal Adams |
| Notes | color |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #233 (January 1971) |
| Characters | Superman; Morgan Edge; Cy Harkin; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Notes | first 9 pages in color |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #398 (March 1971) |
| Characters | Superman; Professor Bolden; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Perry White; Sand creature (origin); green kryptonite |
| Synopsis | A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Denny O'Neil |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Reprinted | from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #233 (January 1971) |
| Characters | Superman (brief origin); George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; George Custer |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #399 (April 1971) |
| Characters | Superman; Supergirl; Brainiac; Yllura; Arvor; Kandor |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Leo Dorfman [as Geoff Browne] |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Reprinted | from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #400 (May 1971) |