| Issue | #2 |
| Published | Fall 1939 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| Notes | Frontispiece. Sequence and credits by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Larry Trent (intro); Charlie Bennett; Jock Kane; "Slugger" Barnes; Tom Croy (villain) |
| Synopsis | Superman saves the former heavyweight boxing champion of the world from committing suicide. When Superman learns that Larry Trent was drugged by his former manager to lose the title bout, the Man of Tomorrow disguises himself as Trent and slugs his way back to the title match, in which Trent himself steps in and wins. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| Notes | This newspaper reprint has NO splash. |
| Reprinted | from Superman daily (McClure Syndicate, 1939 series) 1939.02.20 - 1939.03.18 [source material]; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 [in this form] |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero; fact |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman (inset) |
| Synopsis | Ad for New York World's Fair Comics, 1939 edition. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | Vin Sullivan (main cover); Fred Guardineer (cover head-views); Joe Shuster (Superman upper body) |
| Inks | Vin Sullivan (main cover); Fred Guardineer (cover head-views); Joe Shuster (Superman upper body) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Sequence, credits and info by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (first time named); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen? (intro; unnamed); Professor Adolphus Runyan (dies); Ambrose (a monkey; dies); Bartow (villain; intro); Lubane (villain; intro; death) |
| Synopsis | Clark Kent is assigned to interview Professor Runyan, who claims to have invented a gas so powerful that it can penetrate any type of gas mask. A group of criminals successfully steal the formula, wishing to sell it to a munitions manufacturer so it can be used in the civil war in Boravia. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Possibly Jimmy Olsen's first appearance in the Superman strip. |
| Reprinted | from Superman daily (McClure Syndicate, 1939 series) 1939.05.01 - 1939.06.10 [source material]; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 [in this form] |
| Characters | Superman |
| Synopsis | Ad for the Supermen of America Club and all the details on how to join. |
| Genre | superhero; ad |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Sequence, credits and info by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (cameo); Pete Asconio (cameo; dies); Nat Grayson (villain; intro); Butch Grogan (villain; intro; death); Metropolis (intro) |
| Synopsis | After five construction workers mysteriously die while trying to erect the Atlas Building, Superman decides to investigate, and discovers that Nat Grayson wants to prevent Bruce Constructions, Inc. from completing the building in the time required in the contract, thus eliminating his rival competitor. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Reprinted | from Superman daily (McClure Syndicate, 1939 series) 1939.04.03 - 1939.04.29 [source material]; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 [in this form] |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Big Mike Caputo (villain; intro); Sneer (villain); Fink (villain) |
| Synopsis | After being forced to leave numerous other cities, Big Mike Caputo moves in on Metropolis, a city, he says is a town rolling in gravy and waiting to be plucked! Superman steps into the fray, rounding up Caputo for the Police Chief, who forces the protection racekteer to leave town. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (illustrations) (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Shuster (illustrations) (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 |
| Characters | Superman |
| Synopsis | House ad for Superman in Action Comics. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 |