Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	1990
Cover Price	39.95 USD
Pages	280
Editing	Dale Crain

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Paul Cassidy

3 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Script	Ron Goulart
Letters	typeset

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Paul Lauretta?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

1 page Superman illustration

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Wayne Boring
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

13 page Superman story "The Slot Machines of Slug Kelley"

Characters	George Taylor (named)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy (1-8); Wayne Boring (9-13)
Inks	Paul Cassidy; Paul Lauretta? (p 9-13)
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

1 page Superman story "Superman's Super Strength"

Genre	educational
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Joe Shuster
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

13 page Superman story "The Newspaper War"

Characters	Planet Publisher Burt Mason (intro), George Taylor (named); Zachary Collum (publisher of Morning Pictorial); Morning Pictorial (rival paper)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

2 page text story "Power of the Press"

Script	George Shute
Pencils	Bernard Baily (spot illos)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

13 page Superman story "Luthor's Return"

Characters	Luthor
Synopsis	Luthor enslaves business leaders and uses them to create a depression
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Paul Cassidy
Notes	1st telescopic x-ray vision, face changing power
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

2 page text story "Murder In the Wind"

Script	Jack Wallis
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

1 page Shorty filler

Genre	gag
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

Half page Jest Jokes filler

Script	Whitney Ellsworth?
Pencils	Whitney Ellsworth?
Inks	Whitney Ellsworth?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

13 page Superman story "Secret of Parabiolene"

Characters	George Taylor (named)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy; Shuster shop
Notes	three different S designs, page 5, page 8, page 9
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #5

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Paul Cassidy
Notes	reprinted ad pages with this issue are actually from Superman 2
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

1 page Superman illustration

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

13 page Superman story "Lois Lane, Murder Suspect"

Characters	Scoop Carter of the Morning Pictorial; Burkley; Sgt Casey (intro?)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

2 page text story "Too Big For Marbles"

Script	George Shute
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

1 page Driftin' Dave filler

Genre	gag
Script	Russell Cole [as Alger]
Pencils	Russell Cole [as Alger]
Inks	Russell Cole [as Alger]
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

13 page Superman story "The Gateston Racketeers"

Characters	George Taylor (named); Brute Bashby (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy; Shuster Shop
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

1 page Superman story "Super-Strength"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Jack Burnley
Inks	Jack Burnley
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

13 page Superman story "The San Caluma Earthquake"

Characters	George Taylor (named); Mumsen (Intro, Dies)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy; Dennis Neville?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

2 page text story "The Strangest Case"

Script	Gardner Fox
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

1 page Sports Close-Ups filler

Genre	sports
Script	Jack Burnley
Pencils	Jack Burnley
Inks	Jack Burnley
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

13 page Superman story "The Four Fingered Man"

Characters	Sgt Casey; George Taylor; Jackson (Intro), Hansen (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy; Dennis Neville?
Notes	Clark gives Lois a blood transfusion
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #6

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Wayne Boring
Notes	ad pages reprinted with this issue are actually from issue 4
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

1 page Superman illustration

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Paul Cassidy
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

13 page Superman story "The Three Racketeers"

Characters	Perry White (ist in comic book); Nick Norton, Mike Moran, Billings (Intro for all)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Wayne Boring?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

1 page Fantastic Facts filler "Loudest Noise On Earth"

Genre	fact
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

2 page text story "Rinaldo's Revenge"

Script	G. B. Armbruster
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

13 page Superman story "The Gay City Plague"

Characters	Stanley, Kotzoff (Intro for both)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Wayne Boring?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

1 page Shorty filler "A swell dream"

Genre	gag
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

13 page Superman story "The Corrupt Election"

Characters	Red Tyler (Intro), Ralph Dale (Intro), Nat Burly (Intro), McDay (Intro); Bert Runyan (intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster; Wayne Boring (splash)
Inks	Shuster Shop
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

13 page Superman story "The Black Gang"

Characters	The Black Gang (Intro); including Peeker and Frank Jordan
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Dennis Neville?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #7

1 page Superman cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Fred Ray?
Inks	Fred Ray?
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

1 page Superman illustration

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Wayne Boring
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

13 page Superman story "The Invading Giants"

Characters	Prof. Zee (Intro, Dies), Dr. Cardos (Intro, Dies)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Don Komisarow?
Notes	yellow S on Cape
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

1 page Laffs filler

Genre	gag
Pencils	Pali? (signed)
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

Half page Nature News filler

Genre	educational
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

13 page Superman story "The Fifth Column"

Characters	Gen. Sagdorf (Intro), Reibel (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Don Komisarow?
Notes	uses x-ray vision and super hearing
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

13 page Superman story "Jackel's Crooked Carnival"

Characters	Jackel (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Paul Cassidy
Inks	Paul Cassidy; Shuster shop
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

2 page text story "Knotty Problem"

Script	Ed Carlisle
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

1 page SnapShots filler

Genre	humor
Script	Ray McGill
Pencils	Ray McGill
Inks	Ray McGill
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8

13 page Superman story "The Drug Crazed Bandits"

Characters	Sgt Casey, John Parrone (Intro), Brokenshire (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster; Wayne Boring
Inks	Shuster shop
Reprinted	from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #8