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Superman #7

DC · Series began 1939 · November-December 1940

first appearance of Perry White in a comic book

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Perry White (from Superman) — first appearance in a comic book, first name revealed in issue #10

Dates

Cover date: November-December 1940
On sale: September 6, 1940
Pages: 68

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #7 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition
Source ↗
2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page

Creators

inks: Wayne Boring, Paul Cassidy, Joe Shuster, George Papp, Fred Schwab, Fred Harmanpencils: Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring, George Papp, Fred Schwab, Fred Harmanscript: Jerry Siegel, G. B. Armbruster, Fred Schwabletters: Fred Schwab

Stories

Metropolis's Most Savage Racketeers · 13 pages
A clever gangster kills the wife of the prosecuting attorney, leaving evidence behind that her husband actually did it, all so that the prosecutor wouldn't be in a position to prosecute the felon and his mobster friends.
Rinaldo's Revenge · 1.5 pages
Rinaldo, a Gypsy Prince, had heard stories that his adoptive parent had stashed a fortune in gold away in the gypsy caravan, but he had always denied it. However, one night Rinaldo found his adoptive father dead, with a note in his hand stating that the young man should safely store away a fortune in gems that were his, unknowing that the gypsy chief's son was the murderer.
The Exploding Citizens · 13 pages
The Planet editor sends Clark packing off for Gay City, where the people within the city fall victim to a strange malady that causes them, upon contact, to disintergrate!
Untitled · 0.67 pages
Shorty gets knocked out by another dog and begins dreaming, first of birds flying about, next of a package of dog biscuits and lastly of a girl dog (before he wakes up). He looks up the other dog and asks him to hit him again!
Superman's Cleanup Campaign · 13 pages
Believing the public prosecutor to be in league with the underworld, Kent convinces Perry White that the Planet should oppose candidate Red Tyler and back an honest candidate like Bert Runyan.
The Black Gang · 13 pages
Superman faces a ruthless gang of men known as the Black Band, who specialize in brutal robberies of night club patrons in Metropolis, including Clark Kent and Lois Lane, who disguise themselves as wealthy patrons themselves to smoke out members of the gang.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanLois LanePerry WhiteShorty

Reprinted in

The Superman Archives (1989), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016)