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Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	May-June 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Superman (as Clark Kent); Lois Lane; Superman statue
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

13 page Superman story "The World's Meanest Man!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Charlie Grayson (villain, intro); Daily Planet Building (with Globe but no ring)
Synopsis	When Lois and Clark take slum kids out into the country for a day, editor White decides to have the Planet sponsor a fund-raising campaign to build a resort for the underprivileged children out in the country. But Superman has to deal with someone who doesn't want that resort built because he has a grudge against the newspaper.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak (pages 1-6); John Sikela (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	Leo Nowak (pages 1-6); Ed Dobrotka (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	Superman Archives lists only John Sikela.
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

13 page Superman story "Terror From the Stars"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Professor Derman (death); Tom Nelson (villain, intro); Abou Sabut (villain, intro, death)
Synopsis	Since nothing is really cooking in Metropolis, Perry orders Kent to write up an article on some hot controversial topic, and Clark picks out astrology as being a fake science. But when an eminent astrologer's predictions apparently come true, Superman enters the picture to uncover the truth and make the villain see stars!
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	Story title taken from the Archives.
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

13 page Superman story "Case of the Runaway Skyscrapers!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mister Sinister (villain, intro, turned into a shadow)
Synopsis	Superman has to respond the to threats made by a Mr. Sinister, who uses a special ray-cannon to transport buildings, including the Daily Planet, into the Fourth Dimension, then return them again for profit.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Wayne Boring (layouts); John Sikela (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	Superman Archives lists only John Sikela. Pencil layout credit revision by Craig Delich (February, 2006). Layout credit previously given to Joe Shuster?
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

2 page Grandpa Peters filler "untitled"

Characters	Grandpa Peters
Genre	humor
Script	Tom McNamara
Pencils	Tom McNamara
Inks	Tom McNamara
Letters	Tom McNamara
Notes	This filler is NOT found in the Archive.
Reprinted	in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #29

2 page text story "Omission of Guilt"

Genre	adventure
Script	Edgar Weston (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

13 page Superman story "Racket On Delivery!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Golden (shop keeper); Slats Morgan (villain, intro); Vernon Hale (villain, intro)
Synopsis	Lois and Clark's lives are nearly forfeit when they bear down in their newspaper articles about local racketeers who are demanding fees from every truck that unloads in Metropolis.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)