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SUPERMAN #5

Cover Date: Summer 1940
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1940-05-10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Paul Lauretta


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtPaul Cassidy
PencilsWayne Boring (pg 9-13)
InksPaul Lauretta (pg 9-13)
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

George Taylor
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Slug Kelly and his gang (first appearance for all; run crooked gambling machines in businesses)

Other Character(s):

Reporters for The Morning Pictorial (first appearance; a rival newspaper in Metropolis)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #2 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtPaul Cassidy
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
George Taylor

Villain(s):

Alex Evell (first appearance; a politician who tries to take over The Daily Planet so it will stop writing stories about his illegal activities)

Other Character(s):

Burt Mason (first appearance; publisher of The Daily Planet)
Zachary Collum (first appearance; publisher of The Morning Pictorial)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #2 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Third Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJoe Shuster
InksWayne Boring
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (uses his ability to change his features)

Supporting Character(s):

George Taylor
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (uses a weird incense to take over the minds of financial leaders; next in issue #10; has grey hair in this story)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #2 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtPaul Cassidy
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (uses super-hearing and X-Ray vision)

Supporting Character(s):

Kent's Editor
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Carlin (first appearance; uses a drug to take over financial leaders will)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #1 (1990)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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