| Unofficial Superman Index |
SUPERMAN #5
Cover Date: Summer 1940
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1940-05-10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Paul Lauretta
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Paul Cassidy |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring (pg 9-13) |
| Inks | Paul Lauretta (pg 9-13) |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Slug Kelly and his gang (first appearance for all; run crooked gambling machines in businesses)
Other Character(s):
- Reporters for The Morning Pictorial (first appearance; a rival newspaper in Metropolis)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Archives #2 (1990)
- The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Paul Cassidy |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Alex Evell (first appearance; a politician who tries to take over The Daily Planet so it will stop writing stories about his illegal activities)
Other Character(s):
- Burt Mason (first appearance; publisher of The Daily Planet)
- Zachary Collum (first appearance; publisher of The Morning Pictorial)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Archives #2 (1990)
- The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Wayne Boring |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (uses his ability to change his features)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (uses a weird incense to take over the minds of financial leaders; next in issue #10; has grey hair in this story)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Archives #2 (1990)
- The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Paul Cassidy |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (uses super-hearing and X-Ray vision)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Carlin (first appearance; uses a drug to take over financial leaders will)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Archives #1 (1990)
- The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)