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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published May-June 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #6 (2003)

12 page Superman story "Meet The Squiffles"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Paul Brodie; Mr. Carson; Adolf Hitler (villain); Ixnayalpay (villain; intro); Gremlins (villains; intro); Squiffles (villains; intro)
Synopsis Clark investigates the mysterious crashes of military aircraft manufactured by the Elmont Aircraft Corporation, and discovers that their test pilots have reported strange elves invading their cockpits, causing them to lose control. No one believes them until Clark and Lois fall victim to the Squiffles, as they call themselves, then Superman steps in to take charge of the matter.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Peter Riss [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Peter Riss [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Superman has a yellow "S" on his cape.
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #6 (2003)

Half page Laffs filler "untitled"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

1 page Private Pete filler "Airplane Listener"

Characters Pvt. Pete
Genre humor; military
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

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

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lucky O'Grady; Carleton Shipley; Jack Morton (villain); Morris Masterson (villain)
Synopsis Racing tout Lucky O'Grady seems to have a streak of good luck that won't end, that is, until he crosses horns with protection racketeer Morton, who is trying muscle in on a slum section of Metropolis called Roaring Kitchen.
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) #6 (2003)

Half page Shorty filler "All Right Mom, I Promise"

Characters Shorty
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

1 page Clancy the Cop filler "Shh. I'm Being Shadowed"

Characters Clancy the Cop
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

12 page Superman story "The Great ABC Panic"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ben Graham; Mr. Murgatroyd; The Prankster (villain); P. Motgomery Smith (villain); Bugs Halloway (villain)
Synopsis The Prankster kidnaps the real copyright registrar and replaces him with one of his confederates, then begins his "Great ABC Panic" in which he copyrights the English alphabet, blackmailing anyone wishing to use the alphabet in any way, shape or form.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #6 (2003)

Half page Gags filler "untitled"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

2 page Gee Man filler "The Spy Glass"

Characters Gee Man
Genre humor
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)
Notes This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

2 page text story "Reunion With Death"

Genre adventure
Script Tom Terry (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes This text story does NOT appear in the Archive.

13 page Superman story "A Modern Robin Hood"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Sgt. Casey; Lois Lane; Hiram Tite; Dexter; Beetle Brow Macklin (villain); Robin Hood (villain; intro; dies)
Synopsis Superman must deal with the "crimes" of a modern-day Robin Hood, who robs from the unjustly rich to aid the poor. But when he also decides to rob gangster Beetle Brow Macklin, he goes too far.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Peter Riss [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Peter Riss [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #6 (2003)