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SUPERMAN #40

Cover Date: May-June 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1946-02-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: George Roussos


Story: " The Mxyztplk-Susie Alliance!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsIra Yarbrogh
InksStan Kaye
LetteringIra Schnapp
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Susie Tompkins

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyztplk

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-38 (October-November 1975)
Superman in the Forties (2005)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)


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Second Story: "There Is No Superman!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsIra Yarbrough
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane
Jimmie

Villain(s):

Squint Ratley and his gang (first appearance for all; try to hold up patrons of a golf tournament)
Flatnosed Flannigan
Unnamed bank robbers

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.


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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWhitney Ellsworth
PencilsSam Citron
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane
Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Superman
Perry White
Steve Bard

Villain(s):

Roscoe and his gang (first appearance for all; silk thieves)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.


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Fourth Story: "A Modern Day Marco Polo!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsIra Yarbrough
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Garjnok and his bandits (first appearance for all; Mongolian bandits attempting to raid Samarkist)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Tibet
Samarkist (first appearance; a hidden Mongol city not visited for 800 years)

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.


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