| Issue | #28 |
| Published | May-June 1944 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor) |
| Characters | Superman; Hercules; Atlas |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | 1st Superman cover to actually have something to do with a story inside? (Stand in for Hercules) |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur Wolfingham shows up in the Eden farming community, which has been beset by drought, tornados and insect infestation, and offers nothing but doom and gloom for the future. As a gesture of "good will", he offers to buy out the farmer's land and stock at whatever price they deem fair, giving the people worthless checks. When Superman enters the scene, the farmers have been bilked further by Wolfingham over the community's "worthless" oil well. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed) |
| Pencils | Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | George Roussos [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004). |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006) |
| Characters | Private 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. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Tuttle (introduction, looks just like Jimmy Olsen); Big Joe Reefer (villain, introduction); Hugo (Reefer's brother) |
| Synopsis | Superman enters the fray when a criminal smashes the model ship that Jimmy Tuttle has made in conjunction with the Daily Planet's model-building contest so that his own brother can win the prize money. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | George Roussos? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004). |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent] |
| Synopsis | Superman puts on a special show, for 100 pounds of waste paper as an admission price, to demonstrate to the kids how that much waste paper can be transformed into 115 cardboard boxes which can hold ten 20mm shells. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Jack Schiff? |
| Pencils | George Roussos |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Notes | Paper drive feature, art identification by Jerry Bails. |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006) |
| Characters | Hank |
| Genre | humor; military |
| Script | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Pencils | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Letters | Ray Houlihan |
| Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
| Script | Barry Blaine (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This text story is NOT found in the Archive. |
| Characters | Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (brown hair); Perry White |
| Synopsis | Lois helps stop a man with a broken heart from jumping off an eight story building because his girl gave his present to her of a box of chocolates to her dog. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Don Cameron [as Jerry] (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Dobrotka [as Joe] (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Dobrotka? [as Joe] (signed) |
| Notes | 1st solo Lois Lane story. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. |
| Reprinted | in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #115 (October 1971); in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #1 |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Pencils | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Houlihan (signed) |
| Letters | Ray Houlihan |
| Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Boyle; Professor Button; Archides; Iole; Mercury; Hercules (introduction); Chiron (a centaur); Zeus; Apollo; Mars; Achelous (villain); Hydra (villainous creature) |
| Synopsis | At a meeting of The Liar's Club, Mr. Boyle tells the members of the story of the twelve labors of Hercules, and that they were accomplished, not by Hercules, but by Superman himself! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Inks | George Roussos? [as Joe Shuster] (signed) |
| Notes | Proto-imaginary story. Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn and inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004). |
| Reprinted | in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006) |