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SUPERMAN #13

Cover Date: November-December 1941
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1941-08-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
Layout pencilsJoe Shuster
FinishesLeo Nowak (as Joe Shuster)
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Sgt. Casey
Perry White

Villain(s):

Luthor (as The Light; between Action Comics #42 and #47; uses multicolored lights to hypnotize elected officials; see Comments)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.
Luthor's identity in this story may be related to the Starman foe The Light, but unconfirmed at this time.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971)
Superman Archives #4 (1994)
The Superman Chronicles #7 (2009)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtLeo Nowak (as Joe Shuster)
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White
Sgt. Casey
Jimmy (first name given in this story; receives a by-line for this story in the Daily Planet (his first))

Villain(s):

Archer (Quigley; first appearance for all; a big-game hunter who kills rich men for ransom; next in Superman Family #221/4)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971)
Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (1988)
Superman Archives #4 (1994)
The Superman Chronicles #7 (2009)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Third Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtLeo Nowak (as Joe Shuster)
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance of all; try to kidnap a baby to get a formula from his mother)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman #253 (June 1972)
Superman Archives #4 (1994)
The Superman Chronicles #7 (2009)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Sikela (as Joe Shuster)
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White

Villain(s):

Kyack and his men (first appearance for all; members of an underground race preparing to attack the surface)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
An underground civilization (first appearance)

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #4 (1994)
The Superman Chronicles #7 (2009)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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