Superman #6

Dates

Cover date

September-October 1940

On sale

July 10, 1940

Pages

68

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Lois Lane, Murderer · 13 pages

  When Lois is found at the scene of the murder of a noted jewel collector, she is arrested for that murder. Superman learns that the architect, who had installed numerous fail safe devices to protect the jeweler's gems, is responsible, and he had planned to throw the blame on the jeweler's two nephews until Lois had come upon the scene.

• Too Big for Marbles · 1.85 pages

  Because of the quick thinking of young Wally Brennan, two dope peddlers, who had stolen $50,000 worth of dope from a medical supply house, and shot the night watchmen, are captured after Wally left a note in the pocket of a coat owned by one of the felons and it was sent to the cleaners.

• Driftin' Dave · 1 pages

  As Dave comes by several houses, he asks the ladies standing out front if they could supply him with a meal. All answer no except the third, who tells him that, if he spades her flower bed, she'll provide a meal. She feeds him, then he walks off.

• Racketeer Terror in Gateston · 13 pages

  Brute Bashby and his thugs roll into the town of Gateson with the sole purpose of establishing a protection racket, which means each shop owner must fork over 10% of their profits. When the local newspaper editor starts a written campaign against the racketeers, an explosion at the newspaper office kills him, which attracts the attention of Lois and Clark, who vow to do something about it.

• Terror Stalks San Caluma · 13 pages

  Relief efforts to help the tornado and earthquake ravaged South American nation of San Caluma head out by boat but hit a snag when an aircraft carrying the relief commission officials nearly crashes. Things go from bad to worse when Superman's true identity is discovered by a thief, several witnesses to the event are killed, and Lois is nearly burned to death.

• The Strangest Case · 1.5 pages

  Java Colt was mystified at the murder of old Jason Dent down in Borneo, in a locked room with only a small window, and Dent laying dead with a lady's stickpin thrust into the base of the man's skull. But the real shocker was who the murderer turned out to be!

• The Construction Scam · 13 pages

  When a department store collapses and the head of the construction firm that erected it is slain, Clark Kent smells a story in the making, and knows it when, as Superman, he investigates the construction of the city's new Municipal Stadium. At the opening day ceremonies of the stadium it collapses, and, while Superman rescues children, Lois Lane is seriously injured and taken to the hospital where a transfusion is necessary...provided by Clark Kent!

Characters

Reprinted in

The Superman Archives (1989), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016), World's Best Comics: Golden Age Sampler (2003)