Superman #41

Published
January 1951
Page count
36
Cover price
6d [0-0-6 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Superman) Cover, 1 page

"Another exciting adventure! Full size 36 page comic"

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]

Credits

Art
Al Plastino, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #146 (July 1950)
Untitled
Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #41 ([January 1951?])
Untitled
Show/hide 1. Meet Batman! [Sixpence] Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

"Meet Batman! He's terrific! He's one of the world's best known adventure characters! You can follow the adventures of Batman and his young assistant Robin every month in Batman Comics Sixpence at all Newsagents."

Details

Printed
1950 to 1951
Genre
Superhero
More...
Meet Batman! [Sixpence]
Show/hide 2. The Girl Who Hated Reporters! (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Lois Lane

Credits

Writing
Al Schwartz , scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
Art
Al Plastino, line art
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #47 (August-September 1950)
The Girl Who Hated Reporters!
Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #41 ([January 1951?])
The Girl Who Hated Reporters!

Synopsis

Flashback story that shows Lois working at a lunch counter and getting a job at the Daily Planet after Clark. Contradicts previously established continuity.

Show/hide 3. The Amazing Jungle of Robot Menace! (The Green Arrow) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Green Arrow
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Speedy; Gerald Parsad

Credits

Writing
Ed Herron, scripter
Art
George Papp, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #152 (May 1950)
The Amazing Jungle of Robot Menace!
Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #41 ([January 1951?])
The Amazing Jungle of Robot Menace!

Synopsis

Green Arrow chases some crooks through a jungle filled with robot killers.

Show/hide 4. The Testing of Superman! (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Ephraim Potts (Intro); The Professor [Dr. Bertram Smiggs] (Intro, Villain)

Credits

Writing
Al Schwartz , scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
Art
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #65 (July-August 1950)
The Testing of Superman!
Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #41 ([January 1951?])
The Testing of Superman!

Synopsis

As a reward for saving Lois's life, Superman lets Dr. Potts perform a complete set of scientific tests on his powers. But Dr. Smiggs tries to horn in the act with criminal intent.

Show/hide 5. Untitled (Professor Pry The Wise Guy) Comic story, 1 page

"It's time I gave the lab a good scrubbing.. Ow! That cat!"

Featuring

Feature
Professor Pry The Wise Guy
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Lloyd Piper, scripter
Art
Lloyd Piper, line art
Text
Lloyd Piper , letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #41 ([January 1951?])
Untitled

Notes

This feature is in the New Zealand edition, but has not been confirmed for the Australian edition.

Show/hide 6. MacRobertson's "Old Gold" Vanilla Nougat (MacRobertson) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
MacRobertson

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Book Palace

AusReprints ID

  • 1820

Entry created

  • 30/09/2004

Cover added

  • 28/11/2018

Index completed

  • 30/09/2004

Last updated

  • 04/07/2021