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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published January-February 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Superman; Joseph Goebbels; the Liberty Bell
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks George Roussos
Notes Art credits revised by Craig Delich (2006-7-16). Art previously assigned to Jack Burnley.
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

12 page Superman story "The Super Stunt-Man!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Daredevil Dolan (introduction); Billy Dolan (his son, introduction); Mr. Carter (carnival owner); Blackie Weever (villain, introduction)
Synopsis The son of a former carnival daredevil comes to town, not knowing his father had lost his nerve years before in a car stunt gone wrong. Superman agrees to help impersonate the man, so that the son will see "his dad" perform great stunts......that is, until a former carnival employee with a grudge again the daredevil decides to get even.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster; Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks George Roussos? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

12 page Superman story "Comedians' Holiday!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Chiver; Cheadle; Byrd; Busch; Minnie Mannering; J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Clark and Lois decry the closing of a new movie company that has given work to former vaudeville comedians, but when Clark overhears the owner mentioning to his gang that he has doctored the books and stolen $20,000 outright from the company, it's time for Superman to intervene!
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

1 page Private Pete filler "Trying to Be Noticed"

Characters Private Pete
Genre humor; military
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

11 page Superman story "Superman's Master!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Andy Hoops (introduction, death); Mrs. Hoops (his mother); Myrtle Kendall; Charles Stanton [as Carl Denby](banker); Marty O'Ghool (villain, introduction)
Synopsis A young man accidently overhears Superman talking with a wanted felon, who has now become an upright citizen of the community, and he blackmails the Man of Steel in order to keep that information secret......with fatal results.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks George Roussos? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

Half page Laffs filler

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

2 page none text story "The March"

Script Alton Black (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

1 page Good Ol Judge Jalopy filler

Characters Judge Jalopy
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-16. This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

12 page Superman story "The Quicksilver Kid!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Quicksilver Kid [Mercury, God of Speed](introduction)
Synopsis Superman has his hands full trying to battle a group of gangsters, who are disguising themselves as Policemen and commiting robberies, and the shenanigans of Mercury, the winged messenger of the pagan gods and mischievous patron of thieves, who has been awakened from a 1000 year sleep.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Dick Sprang (layouts); San Citron (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks George Roussos? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes No "S" on cape. "A flying man in a crimson cape!" Sprang credit added by Craig Delich on 2007-1-8. Too much of the story's characters, poses, lines, etc. reek of Sprang's work. He probably roughed the story out, Citron finished the pencils and and the inker took it from there.
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)