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Issue Details

Issue	#14
Published	January-February 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]

Cover Details

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Superman From the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

13 page Superman story "Concerts of Doom"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Rudolph Krazinski (villain, intro, death)
Synopsis	When people who attend a concert at Plymouth Hall are robbed, seemingly without their knowledge, Clark and Lois attend the next evening's concert to see if lightning strikes twice. It does, and Clark discovers that mass hypnotism is involved, which makes it all the worse a few nights later when the concert is broadcast over the airwaves, making people fall asleep while listening to the program, and allowing criminals to rob them blind.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	Story title taken from the Archive.
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

13 page Superman story "The Invention Thief"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Chet Farnsworth (intro); Jim Baldwin (villain, intro)
Synopsis	When young Chet Farnsworth's invention a fire extinguishing powder, is successfully used to put out a tenement fire, the young man hastily signs a contract with an unscrupulous man, not realizing that he has just signed the rights and any profits away to him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	Story title taken from the Archive.
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

2 page Rollin' Stone filler "Must have a job in 24 hours or else"

Genre	humor
Script	Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils	Ray McGill (signed)
Inks	Ray McGill (signed)
Letters	Ray McGill
Notes	This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

1 page text story "Jinx Job"

Genre	adventure
Script	Norman Goss (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

13 page Superman story "The Undersea City"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Chet Furnall; Princess Kuella (intro, death); King Saffro (intro, death); the Mer-people (deaths); Akthar (villain, intro, death)
Synopsis	Perry sends Lois and Clark out to cover a fisherman's story that he has spotted a living mermaid. Lois dismisses it after the interview, but Clark decides to investigate further and discovers the man is telling the truth. The mermaid tells the Man of Tomorrow that her father's evil adviser is planning to invade the land world and must be stopped.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes	1st Mermaid story - compare with S129C.
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)

1 page Good Books and Movies filler "untitled"

Synopsis	Books reviewed include "The Young Douglas" by Jeanette Covent Nolan and "Sgt. York" starring Gary Cooper.
Genre	reviews
Script	Josette Frank (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	This filler NOT included in the Archive.

2 page text story "Marked Man"

Genre	adventure
Script	Edgar Weston (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	This text story is NOT included in the Archive.

2 page Clancy the Cop filler "Gosh, a Real Tent Circus!"

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

13 page Superman story "The Lightning Master"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Lightning Master (villain, intro, death, next seen in ALL-STAR SQUADRON ANNUAL #2)
Synopsis	Superman responds to a horrible lightning storm that is reeking havoc all over Metropolis
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks	Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted	in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994)