Dates
- Cover date
- Fall 1939
- On sale
- August 19, 1939
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Comeback of Larry Trent · 16 pages
Superman saves the former heavyweight boxing champion of the world from committing suicide. When Superman learns that Larry Trent was drugged by his former manager to lose the title bout, the Man of Tomorrow disguises himself as Trent and slugs his way back to the title match, in which Trent himself steps in and wins.
- Superman's Tips for Super-Health · 1 pages
- Superman Champions Universal Peace! · 24 pages
Clark Kent is assigned to interview Professor Runyan, who claims to have invented a gas so powerful that it can penetrate any type of gas mask. A group of criminals successfully steal the formula, wishing to sell it to a munitions manufacturer so it can be used in the civil war in Boravia.
- Superman and the Skyscrapers · 16 pages
After five construction workers mysteriously die while trying to erect the Atlas Building, Superman decides to investigate, and discovers that Nat Grayson wants to prevent Bruce Constructions, Inc. from completing the building in the time required in the contract, thus eliminating his rival competitor.
- Untitled · 2 pages
After being forced to leave numerous other cities, Big Mike Caputo moves in on Metropolis, a city, he says is a town rolling in gravy and waiting to be plucked! Superman steps into the fray, rounding up Caputo for the Police Chief, who forces the protection racketeer to leave town.
Characters
Reprinted in
Superman: The Golden Age (2016), The Superman Archives (1989), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero (2024), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 (2015)