Superman #13
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- November-December 1941
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/1753
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Murray Boltinoff (assistant editor, uncredited)
Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue contents
Cover
No title recorded
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
"World's greatest adventure-strip character!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; the Nazis
Credits
- Art
- Fred Ray
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Gillette Bicycle Tires
Credits
- Colours
- ? (red tones)
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Glover's
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Senator Tom Billingsley; The Light [Lex Luthor] (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (layouts, signed)
Leo Nowak (finishes) - Inks
- Leo Nowak
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Giant Lois Lane Album (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #13 ([December 1975?]) — Untitled [The Machinations of The Light]
-
Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 ([July] 1994)
Synopsis
Superman must battle Lex Luthor who is disguised as The Light, a criminal who kidnaps prominent men from many different fields, hypnotizes them with colored lights, and makes them do his bidding.
Notes
Joe Shuster not listed in credits in Superman Archives #4. Story title from the Archives reprint.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Baby Ruth
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
5Credits
- Letters
- typeset
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (name Jimmy revealed); Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Thomas Gayford (death); Amos Kendrick; The Archer [Quigley] (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (ghost, signed)
- Inks
- Leo Nowak
Synopsis
A new villain hits the front pages of Metropolis' newspapers, a villain who prefers hunting human beings for profit rather than animals, and when Perry White cannot locate Lois or Clark to cover the story, a young office boy at the Daily Planet takes on the job himself --- and gets his first by-line!
Notes
Jimmy Olsen is blonde-haired in this story; last name Olsen not used until issue #15. This is Jimmy's first definite appearance in a comic book. First named appearance was on the Superman radio program. Story title from the Archives reprint.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Good Books and Movies
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Author
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Books reviewed include "Lost Legion" by Armstrong Sperry and Walt Disney's "The Reluctant Dragon."
8"Is Mr. Rogers expecting you?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Laff Lines
- Genre
- Humor
9Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
A pair of small ads.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superman Moccasins
11Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Bob Pierson (a baby, introduction); Clara Pierson (his mother); Leila (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (ghost, signed)
- Inks
- Leo Nowak
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #253 (June 1972) — Baby on the Doorstep
-
Superman the Comic (Murray, 1978 series) #1 ([December 1978?]) — Untitled [Baby on the Doorstep]
-
Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #4 ([July] 1994) — Baby on the Doorstep
Synopsis
Clark Kent receives a note to go to a certain address to pick up a baby and to care for it for a few days. But when attempts are made to kidnap the child, Superman intervenes and discovers that the mother was trying to protect the child from enemy agents who believed she knew the secret of her late husband's war-time invention.
Notes
Story title taken from the Archives reprint.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Action Comics
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
13Featuring
- Feature
- World's Finest Comics
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Art
- Cliff Young
- Letters
- typeset
15"It's sure nice of your dad to give you such a swell car..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
16
17Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Tulan (introduction); Kyack (villain, introduction, death)
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (ghost, signed)
- Inks
- John Sikela
Synopsis
Superman discovers an underground civilization beneath Metropolis that has been using a ray apparatus to destroy buildings in Metropolis and elsewhere. He meets with Kyack and learns that this civilization once populated the Earth before the ice age, and the glaciers forced them underground, where they built their new civilization. Now they are planning an invasion of the Earth's surface and restore the rule they once had over it.
Notes
Story title taken from the Archives reprint.
18Featuring
- Feature
- American Specialty Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
19Featuring
- Feature
- Schwinn
Credits
- Colours
- ? (red tones)
Notes
Inside back cover.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Air Rifles
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of August 29 in ad in Action Comics #41.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.