| Issue | #16 |
| Published | May-June 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger] |
| Characters | Superman (as Clark Kent); Lois Lane; Superman statue |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Charlie Grayson (villain, intro); Daily Planet Building (with Globe but no ring) |
| Synopsis | When Lois and Clark take slum kids out into the country for a day, editor White decides to have the Planet sponsor a fund-raising campaign to build a resort for the underprivileged children out in the country. But Superman has to deal with someone who doesn't want that resort built because he has a grudge against the newspaper. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak (pages 1-6); John Sikela (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | Leo Nowak (pages 1-6); Ed Dobrotka (pages 7-13) [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Superman Archives lists only John Sikela. |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Professor Derman (death); Tom Nelson (villain, intro); Abou Sabut (villain, intro, death) |
| Synopsis | Since nothing is really cooking in Metropolis, Perry orders Kent to write up an article on some hot controversial topic, and Clark picks out astrology as being a fake science. But when an eminent astrologer's predictions apparently come true, Superman enters the picture to uncover the truth and make the villain see stars! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Story title taken from the Archives. |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mister Sinister (villain, intro, turned into a shadow) |
| Synopsis | Superman has to respond the to threats made by a Mr. Sinister, who uses a special ray-cannon to transport buildings, including the Daily Planet, into the Fourth Dimension, then return them again for profit. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring (layouts); John Sikela (finishes) [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Superman Archives lists only John Sikela. Pencil layout credit revision by Craig Delich (February, 2006). Layout credit previously given to Joe Shuster? |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |
| Characters | Grandpa Peters |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Tom McNamara |
| Pencils | Tom McNamara |
| Inks | Tom McNamara |
| Letters | Tom McNamara |
| Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
| Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #29 |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Edgar Weston (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This text story is NOT found in the Archive. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Golden (shop keeper); Slats Morgan (villain, intro); Vernon Hale (villain, intro) |
| Synopsis | Lois and Clark's lives are nearly forfeit when they bear down in their newspaper articles about local racketeers who are demanding fees from every truck that unloads in Metropolis. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 (1994) |