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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published [June 4] 2003
Cover Price $49.95
Pages 214
Editing Dale Crain
Notes Only 2003 copyright date listed. June 4, 2003 date is the release date.

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Colors Jamison
Letters Alex Jay/Studio J
Notes Only 2003 copyright date listed. June 4, 2003 date is the release date.
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #24 (September-October 1943)

3 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A Short Flight and a Long Journey"

Genre fact
Script Stephan A. Geppi
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Colors Jamison
Letters typeset

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Notes cover art confirmed by Jack Burnley. Incorrectly credited to Fred Ray in the Archive.
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #21 (March-April 1943)

13 page Superman story "X-Alloy"

Characters Superman; Carlton Graul (Intro); Perry White; Sgt. Casey
Synopsis Superman battles saboteurs working in U.S. defense plants.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka
Inks John Sikela
Colors Jamison
Letters Shuster Shop
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #21 (March-April 1943)

13 page Superman story "The Four Gangleaders"

Characters Villains: Cordell (Intro); Graney (Intro, Dies); Graham (Intro); Kingsley (Intro, Dies; Charles Clayton (Intro). Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey.
Synopsis Superman saves Lois from a group of gangsters.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Leo Nowak
Inks Leo Nowak
Colors Jamison
Letters Shuster Shop
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #21 (March-April 1943)

13 page Superman story "The Robber Knight"

Characters Villain: Sir Gauntlet (Intro) [Casper Smythe]. Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Superman's Mountain Retreat (Fortress).
Synopsis Superman helps to clear Lucy Trent of theft charges
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks George Roussos
Colors Jamison
Letters Shuster Shop
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #21 (March-April 1943)

13 page Superman story "The Ghost of Superman"

Characters Villain: Blinky Moxby (Intro); Luthor, Ultra, Puzzler, Metalo, Prankster (cameos), Superman, Lois Lane
Synopsis The world mourns when Superman dies.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Peter Riss
Inks Peter Riss
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #21 (March-April 1943)

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #22 (May-June 1943)

12 page Superman story "Meet The Squiffles"

Characters Superman; Intro-Ixnayalpay; Hitler; Gremlins; Squiffles; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis Superman discovers pixies taking sides in the war against Hitler.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Peter Riss
Inks Peter Riss
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Notes Superman has a yellow "S" on his cape
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #22 (May-June 1943)

12 page Superman story "The Luck of O'Grady"

Characters Superman; Prankster (cameo); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis Racing tout Lucky O'Grady tries to clean up Roaring Kitchen.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #22 (May-June 1943)

12 page Superman story "The Great ABC Panic"

Characters Superman; The Prankster, Perry White, Lois Lane
Synopsis The Prankster tries to copyright the alphabet.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka
Inks Ed Dobrotka
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #22 (May-June 1943)

13 page Superman story "A Modern Robin Hood"

Characters Superman; Sgt. Casey; Lois Lane; Intro: Robin Hood
Synopsis A vigilante first helps the poor, then switches sides, and then repents.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Peter Riss
Inks Peter Riss
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #22 (May-June 1943)

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943)

12 page Superman story "America's Secret Weapon"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Synopsis Superman helps in Army war games and proves he isn't needed to win the war.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Sam Citron
Inks John Sikela
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Notes Sam Citron credited for inks in the Archive Edition.
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943)

12 page Superman story "Habitual Homicide"

Characters Superman; Raymond Lock (Intro, villain); Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey
Synopsis Superman investigates a murder on a college campus.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943)

11 page Superman story "Fashions In Crime"

Characters Superman; The Dude (Intro, masked villain) [Joseph Martinson]; Lois Lane
Synopsis Superman battles the fashion crimes of the Dude.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Peter Riss
Inks Peter Riss
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943)

12 page Superman story "Danger On the Diamond"

Characters Superman; Tom Marin (intro); Sammy Brink (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey
Synopsis Superman aids a suicidal baseball player.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943)

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #24 (September-October 1943)

12 page Superman story "Perils of Poor Lois!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Synopsis Superman imagines himself in an old-time stage melodrama.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Ed Dobrotka
Inks Ed Dobrotka
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Notes Imaginary story--first one ever?
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #24 (September-October 1943)

12 page Superman story "The King of Crackpot Lane!!"

Characters Superman; Intro: Louie Dolan; Villains: Conk Kohler (Intro); Vortz (Intro). Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (not named)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Peter Riss
Inks Peter Riss
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #24 (September-October 1943)

11 page Superman story "Surprise For Superman"

Characters Villain: The Cobra King (Intro); Intro: Bernice Brainard (Lois Lane's aunt); Lionel Brainard (Bernice's husband); Lois Lane; Perry White; Superman; Daily Planet building with globe (but no ring)
Synopsis Clark hires an actor to play Superman so he can be in two places at once.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Ed Dobrotka
Inks George Roussos
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #24 (September-October 1943)

11 page Superman story "Suicide Voyage!"

Characters Superman; Intro: Col. Randall; Perry White; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Ed Dobrotka
Inks George Roussos
Colors Jamison
Editing Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #24 (September-October 1943)

3 page Biographies text article

Characters Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster; Jack Burnley; Don Cameron; Sam Citron; Ed Dobrotka; Leo Nowak; Fred Ray; Peter Riss; George Roussos; John Sikela
Genre fact
Script Joe Desris; Martin O'Hearn; Jerry Bails
Letters typeset