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SUPERMAN #1

Cover Date: Summer 1939
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1939-05-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Shuster, Leo O'Mealia


Story: [No Title] (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
LetteringJoe Shuster
EditingVin Sullivan, Max Gaines

Feature Character(s):

Superman (origins told and slightly expanded from Action Comics #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Ma Kent
Pa Kent

Location(s):

Krypton (first time named)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #2 (Winter 1960)
Superboy #100 (October 1962)
Famous First Editions #C-61 (1979)
Superman Archives #1 (1989 [February 1990])
The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Second Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
LetteringJoe Shuster
EditingVin Sullivan, Max Gaines

Feature Character(s):

Superman (applies for a job at the Daily Star)

Supporting Character(s):

Kent's Editor (first appearance; hires Kent after bringing in story of near-lynching)

Villain(s):

Bea Carroll (first appearance; admits to murdering Jack Kennedy)

Location(s):

Daily Star

Story Reprinted in:

Famous First Editions #C-61 (1979)
Superman Archives #1 (1989 [February 1990])
The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Third Story (reprint): [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #1 (June 1938)


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Fourth Story (reprint): [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #2 (July 1938).


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Fifth Story (reprint): [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #3 (August 1938).


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Sixth Story (reprint): [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #4 (September 1938).


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Second Story: [No Title] (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster (spot illustrations)
EditingVin Sullivan, Max Gaines

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Villain(s):

Bull Dugan (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This is a text story.

Story Reprinted in:

Famous First Editions #C-61 (1979)
Superman Archives #1 (1989 [February 1990])
The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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