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Superman #8

DC · Series began 1939 · January-February 1941

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Dates

Cover date: January-February 1941
On sale: November 8, 1940
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Fred Ray, Wayne Boring, Paul Cassidy, Joe Shuster, Lou Paige, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Kane, Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff, E. E. Hibbard, Ray McGillinks: Fred Ray, Wayne Boring, Paul Cassidy, Lou Paige, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, E. E. Hibbard, Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff, Ray McGillscript: Jerry Siegel, Lou Paige, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Carlisle, Ray McGillletters: Ray McGill

Stories

The Giants of Professor Zee · 13 pages
Two hard working professors succeed in creating a process to enlarge the size of living organisms, but when they choose to try the process on human beings, and succeed with dreadful results, the Man of Steel must intervene.
The Pueblo Indians · Nature News.... · 0.5 pages
The Fifth Column · 13 pages
Warned by a friend of his of 5th Columnists landing by boat in the city of Metropolis, Clark Kent, as Superman, investigates and discovers that they are planting skilled workmen as spies and saboteurs with American armament factories, as well as having a secret base in a mountainous valley, complete with a subversive army capable of striking terror and destruction from the rear when U.S. military forces are attempting to defend coastal areas against foreign invasion.
The Carnival Crooks · 13 pages
After Clark is fleeced at a local carnival, Lois is given permission by the editor of the Planet to get evidence of the crookedness of the games there and ends up discovering that the carnival also has pickpockets roaming the grounds, robbing the guests.
Knotty Problem · 0.95 pages
Sea Scout Bob Varney succeeds in stopping a spy, who has falsely come aboard the ship U.S.S. Phoenix in order to copy down its salient points for an enemy nation.
Perrone and the Drug Gang · 13 pages
Lois and Clark attempt to get the low down on thefts of morphine, as well as trying to prove the guilt of a lawyer who manages to get his clients freed in court on technicalities.

Reprinted in

The Superman Archives (1989), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016), Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 (2015)