Dates
- Cover date
- May-June 1942
- On sale
- February 28, 1942
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The World's Meanest Man · 13 pages
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.
- Terror from the Stars · 12 pages
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!
- Case of the Runaway Skyscrapers! · 13 pages
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.
- Omission of Guilt · 2 pages
- Racket on Delivery! · 13 pages
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.
Reprinted in
The Superman Archives (1989), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016)