Characters |
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Sgt. Bob Branigan; Bill Talley (villain, intro) |
Synopsis |
Lois and Clark stand by and seek to assist Sgt. Branigan, who was blinded during a tussel with mobsters as well as being dismissed from the Police force for accidently killing a woman while supposedly mis-using his powers as a Police officer. To make things worse, Branigan is approached by the very mobsters he fought earlier and they are demanding protection money from him for his new business. |
Genre |
superhero |
Script |
Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils |
Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks |
Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes |
1st time Jimmy is given a last name. The story title was taken from the Archive. |
Reprinted |
in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |
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 (signed) |
Pencils |
Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks |
John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes |
The Archives lists the story title as "Saboteurs From Napkan". |
Reprinted |
in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994); in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971) |
Characters |
Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; King Boris; Prince Micheal; Razkal (villain, intro, death, based on Adolf Hitler); Lord Murgot (villain, intro, death) |
Synopsis |
Superman heads to Europe to assist the democratic nation of Numark against the war-like attacks being made on it by Oxnalia, saving Numark's young Prince as well as bringing about peace between the two nations. |
Genre |
superhero |
Script |
Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils |
John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks |
John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Notes |
The Archive lists the story title as "Superman in Oxnalia". |
Reprinted |
in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |
Characters |
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Sgt. Casey; Phil Carter; Tim (a newspaper boy); The Evolution King (villain, intro, death); Tony Rico (villain); Joe Glower (villain) |
Synopsis |
Superman must battle the Evolution King, a man who has developed a way to advance or revert the ages of prominent athletes, forcing them to pay him blackmail, else he keeps them in an old and decrepit condition. |
Genre |
superhero |
Script |
Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils |
Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Inks |
John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
Reprinted |
in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |