| Issue | #17 |
| Published | July-August 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger] |
| Characters | Superman; Adolf Hitler; Hideki Tojo |
| 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) #5 (2000) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; The Talon [Albert Caldwell] (intro, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Luthor (cameo; villain); Ultra (cameo; villain); Eustace Watson (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Lois first suspects that Clark Kent is Superman, but he quickly convinces her he is not with some razzle dazzle super speed. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Pencils credited to John Sikela in Superman Archives 5. This is the only story during the 1940's that Lois thinks Clark is Superman. |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000); 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 (1983) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; Lois Lane; The Human Bomb [Watkins] (intro; villain) |
| Synopsis | A vicious criminal uses innocent people, trapped by hypnotic power, who are armed with a bomb apparatus which makes it possible for them to rob without opposition from the Police. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Superman has a yellow "S" on red background on his cape. |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000) |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Ray McGill |
| Pencils | Ray McGill |
| Inks | Ray McGill |
| Letters | Ray McGill |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). This filler does NOT appear in the Archive. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman's Mountain Retreat (intro; precursor to the Fortress of Solitude); Jake Massey (intro; villain); Lois Lane; George Brant; Mrs. Brant; Mike Mosby (villain); Nat Folsom |
| Synopsis | Superman must solve a series of bold crimes that were pulled by ungainly men who look anything but formidable. |
| 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) #5 (2000); in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 (June 1966) [two page excerpt] |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Ray McGill |
| Pencils | Ray McGill |
| Inks | Ray McGill |
| Letters | Ray McGill |
| Notes | This filler does NOT appear in the Archive. |
| Genre | crime |
| Script | Tex Slade (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This text story does NOT appear in the Archive. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Carlyle Allerton [Lex Luthor] (villain; temporarily gains super-powers); the Powerstone; Lois Lane; Perry White |
| Synopsis | Lex Luthor survives his execution in the electric chair, which only makes him more powerful, but yet he still can't match the strength of Superman......that is, until he discovers a way to fool Superman into handing over the Powerstone to him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Sequel to story in ACTION COMICS #47. |
| Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972); in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #5 (2000) |