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SUPERMAN #4

Cover Date: Spring 1940
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1940-02-15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Shuster (signed)


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtPaul Cassidy
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Kent's Editor

Villain(s):

Luthor (last in Action Comics #23; next in the second story in this issue)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971) [black and white]
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (1988)
Superman Archives #1 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJoe Shuster
InksPaul Cassidy
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Kent's Editor

Villain(s):

Luthor (last in first story in this issue)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Oklahoma City, OK
Pacific Ocean

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #1 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Third Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJoe Shuster
InksPaul Cassidy
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Kent's Editor

Villain(s):

JF Curtis (first appearance; attempts to cause economic disasters in America for a foreign power; dies)
Barney Calhoon Gang (first appearance for all; working for Curtis; all die)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #1 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJoe Shuster
InksPaul Cassidy
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Kent's Editor

Villain(s):

Al Snide (first appearance; attempts to take over city's trucking unions)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #1 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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