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Genres: superhero

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Notes: A modified version of the Superman figure from the cover of Superman #6.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Notes: Pencils credited to Joe Shuster in this volume.

Professor Cobalt's Clinic

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Tommy; Little Mary; Dr. Wortington; Professor Clarence Cobalt (villain); Grafton (villain)

Synopsis: Professor Cobalt, proprietor of the Cobalt Clinic, has his advertisement turned down by the Daily Planet because it makes spurious claims. Clark runs him out after Cobalt gets aggressive with George Taylor. George gets Clark and Lois to investigate the clinic for an exposé.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane

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Notes: Art credited to Wayne Boring in this volume.

Brentwood Home for Wayward Youth

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Tweed (villain); Mrs. Tweed (villain); Davey Merrill (villain)

Synopsis: Clark arrives for a date with Lois, who is making a donation to the Brentwood Rehabilitation Home. Clark tells her that the place is more interested in money than their young charges. Lois decides they should visit the home so that she can disprove Clark. After a pleasant visit, Lois and Clark are stopped by a charge, Davey Merrill, who cut his hands climbing the wall just to ask for something to eat. Once they feed him, he tells them all about the horrible conditions at the home.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Notes: Art credited to Wayne Boring in this volume.

The Strongarm Assaults

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (named); Mr. Jenkins; Herculo (introduction); un-named clown called "the strongarm bandit" (villain)

Synopsis: Clark and Lois are led to believe that a series of robberies are being committed by a circus strongman, but it's Superman who rounds up the real perpetrator!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]

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Notes: Art credited only to Shuster in this volume.

Lois Lane, Murderer

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Samuel Norval (cameo, jewel collector, death); Burkley (villain, architect, introduction); Sgt. Casey (introduction); Lois Lane; "Scoop" Carter; John Davis; Henry Davis

Synopsis: When Lois is found at the scene of the murder of a noted jewel collector, she is arrested for that murder. Superman learns that the architect, who had installed numerous fail safe devices to protect the jeweler's gems, is responsible, and he had planned to throw the blame on the jeweler's two nephews until Lois had come upon the scene.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.

Racketeer Terror in Gateston

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark kent]; George Taylor; Mr. Mason (Daily Planet publisher); Lois Lane; Jim Tirrell (death); George Tirrell; Calvin Chalmers; Brute Bashby (villain); Twist (villain)

Synopsis: Brute Bashby and his thugs roll into the town of Gateson with the sole purpose of establishing a protection racket, which means each shop owner must fork over 10% of their profits. When the local newspaper editor starts a written campaign against the racketeers, an explosion at the newspaper office kills him, which attracts the attention of Lois and Clark, who vow to do something about it.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.

Terror Stalks San Caluma

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Mumsen (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Relief efforts to help the tornado and earthquake ravaged South American nation of San Caluma head out by boat but hit a snag when an aircraft carrying the relief commission officials nearly crashes. Things go from bad to worse when Superman's true identity is discovered by a thief, several witnesses to the event are killed, and Lois is nearly burned to death.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.

The Construction Scam

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey [as Sgt. Clancy]; John (cameo, contruction company head, death); Sam Goetz; Mr. Jackson (villain, introduction); Mayor Hansen (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: When a department store collapses and the head of the construction firm that erected it is slain, Clark Kent smells a story in the making, and knows it when, as Superman, he investigates the construction of the city's new Municipal Stadium. At the opening day ceremonies of the stadium it collapses, and, while Superman rescues children, Lois Lane is seriously injured and taken to the hospital where a transfusion is necessary...provided by Clark Kent!

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Pages: 13

Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane

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The Life Insurance Con

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sergeant Casey; Mrs. Davis; Tom Davis (villain); Mr. Fullerton (villain, death); Martin (villain)

Synopsis: Superman investigates the Fullerton Insurance Company, which is selling small valued policies to poor people, who end up dying under mysterious circumstances.

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Pages: 13

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.

The Midsummer Snowstorm

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (named); Lois Lane; Laura Vogel (introduction); Zolar (villain, introduction); Mr. Calvert (villain); Carlton Vogel (introduction)

Synopsis: In midsummer, the city of Metropolis is caught in the midst of a bitter snowstorm. As Clark investigates, a message from Laura Vogel comes over the radio, telling Superman to meet her in Park Ferry since she can explain the snowstorm. Before Superman arrives, some foreigners use a glowing globe to disintegrate a girl and a policeman. Superman gets there in time to save Lois from the same fate, but the Arabs get away.

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Pages: 13

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Metropolis's Most Savage Racketeers

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White (introduction, 1st name revealed in issue #10, first appearance in comic book); Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Police Chief Watson; George Lash; Nick Norton (villain, introduction); Mike Moran (villain, introduction); Billings (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: A clever gangster kills the wife of the prosecuting attorney, leaving evidence behind that her husband actually did it, all so that the prosecutor wouldn't be in a position to prosecute the felon and his mobster friends.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Pencils credited only to Shuster in this volume.

The Exploding Citizens

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White (un-named); Lois Lane; Commissioner Jim Stanley (villain, introduction); Kotzoff (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Planet editor sends Clark packing off for Gay City, where the people within the city fall victim to a strange malady that causes them, upon contact, to disintergrate!

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Pages: 13

Notes: Pencils credited only to Shuster in this volume.

Superman's Cleanup Campaign

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Bert Runyan (introduction); Red Tyler (villain, introduction); Public Prosecutor Ralph Dale (villain, introduction); Nat Burly (villain, introduction); Captain McDay (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Believing the public prosecutor to be in league with the underworld, Kent convinces Perry White that the Planet should oppose candidate Red Tyler and back an honest candidate like Bert Runyan.

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The Black Gang

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Kennedy (editor of the Daily Pictorial); Jane Day (villain); Peter Peeker (villain); Frank Jordan (villain); unnamed other members of the Black Gang (villains, introduction)

Synopsis: Superman faces a ruthless gang of men known as the Black Band, who specialize in brutal robberies of night club patrons in Metropolis, including Clark Kent and Lois Lane, who disguise themselves as wealthy patrons themselves to smoke out members of the gang.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Pencils credited only to Shuster and inks credited only to Boring in this volume.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Pages: 1

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In the Grip of Morpheus

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Baron Munsdorf (villain, introduction); Kolb (villain, death); un-named henchman (villain, death); Professor Hunter (villain)

Synopsis: Lois is taking a vacation to Brentville, but she and Clark are amazed to see the residents fast asleep, victims of a kindly professor's new "gas" invention. But Superman must stop Baron Munsdorf, who wants the plans for that gas, and other inventions of the professor, including the deadly sub-atomic death ray!

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Pages: 12

Notes: Art credited to "Joe Shuster and the Shuster Studio" in this volume.