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Superman (1st Series)

    (DC, 1939-1986, 1998, 2017, 2022, 2025-2026)
™ and ©1965 National Periodical Publications, Inc. (DC)

When Jor-El, the top scientist of the planet Krypton realized that his world was doomed, he sent his baby son Kal-El into space in a rocket ship. The ship traveled far from the red sun of the exploding planet Krypton, eventually landing on Earth. There, the baby was found by a kindly old couple, the Kents, who dubbed him Clark, and raised him as their own son. Our world’s yellow sun gave Clark incredible powers, eventually turning him into the legendary hero Superman.

Siegel and Shuster’s creation was already the headliner in Action Comics when this solo Superman series began. Running for over forty-five years, this title introduced readers to Mr. Mxyzptlk, Kryptonite, and some of the most delightfully gimmicky Superman stories of all time. The series concluded in 1986 when John Byrne began a reinvention of Superman in The Man of Steel (Mini-Series). Issue numbering continued as Adventures of Superman.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jun 1939
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    Reprints and expands early Superman stories from Action Comics #1-4; Origin of Superman; Features interior ad for Actions Comics #14 as being on sale June 2nd; Summer 1939
    No copies available
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    Reprints and expands early Superman stories from Action Comics #1-4; Origin of Superman; Features interior ad for Actions Comics #14 as being ’On Sale June 2nd’
    No copies available
  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    Reprints and expands early Superman stories from Action Comics #1-4; Origin of Superman; Features interior ad for Actions Comics #14 as being ’Now for Sale’
    No copies available
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Legion of Collectors Cover A by Adam Archer
    Mar 2017
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    Reprints Superman (1st Series) #1; Funko presents DC Legion of Collectors: Superman #1
    No copies available
  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    Facsimile 2022 Edition with Cover B by Leo O’Mealia
    Dec 2022
    Cover: $6.99
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    1 copy for $5.94
  • 1/C
    #1 Variation C
    Included with Superman Masterpiece Edition Box Set Cover C by Leo O’Mealia
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 1/D
    #1 Variation D
    Artist Facsimile 2022 Edition with Cover D by Pablo “Lobos” Villalobos
    Dec 2022
    Cover: $6.99
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 1/E
    #1 Variation E
    2025 Facsimile Edition of Cover E A by Joe Shuster and Leo O'Mealia
    Sep 2025
    Cover: $9.99
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    1 copy for $9.99
  • 1/F
    #1 Variation F
    2025 Facsimile B (Foil version of cover F E) by Joe Shuster and Leo O'Mealia
    Sep 2025
    Cover: $12.99
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 1/G
    #1 Variation G
    2025 Facsimile edition Blank Cover G
    Sep 2025
    Cover: $10.99
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 1/H
    #1 Variation H
    2025 Facsimile Edition Exclusive Cover H by Alex Ross
    Sep 2025
    Cover: $25.00
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 1/I
    #1 Variation I
    2025 Facsimile Edition Exclusive Virgin Cover I by Alex Ross
    Sep 2025
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Sep 1939
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    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    Fall 1939
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Dec 1939
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster
    Reprints Superman stories from Action Comics #5, 6
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Mar 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy
    2nd Appearance of Lex Luthor (with hair); Spring 1940
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Jun 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, George Shute  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Paul Cassidy, Bernard Baily, Joe Shuster
    Summer 1940
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Sep 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, George Shute  ·  A: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy, Don Komisarow
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Nov 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring
    1st Appearance of Perry White
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Jan 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Ed Carlisle  ·  A: Paul Cassidy, Wayne Boring, Joe Shuster
    4 Superman stories, 3 untitled
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Mar 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Frank Cooper  ·  A: Paul Cassidy, Joe Shuster, Joe Shuster Studio, Superman Studio, Fred Ray
    4 untitled Superman stories
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    Jun 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, George Shute, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring, Lou Paige, Leo Nowak, Paul Cassidy, Cliff Young, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Lex Luthor (bald); May-Jun issue
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Jul 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Sep 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    Anti-Axis cover
    Nov 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Classic flag cover
    Jan 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    No copies available
  • 15
    #15
    Mar 1942
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    No copies available
  • 16
    #16
    May 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Edgar Weston  ·  A: John Sikela, Wayne Boring
    No copies available
  • 17
    #17
    Hitler/Hirohito cover
    Jul 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Joe Shuster, Leo Nowak, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 18
    #18
    Sep 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: John Sikela, Leo Nowak, Ed Dobrotka
    No copies available
  • 19
    #19
    Nov 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka, Leo Nowak, Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 20
    #20
    Jan 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka, John Sikela, Joe Shuster
    No copies available
  • 21
    #21
    Mar 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka, Leo Nowak, Joe Shuster, Pete Riss
    No copies available
  • 22
    #22
    May 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Pete Riss, John Sikela, Ed Dobrotka
    No copies available
  • 23
    #23
    Anti-Axis cover
    Jul 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Don Cameron  ·  A: Sam Citron, George Roussos, Pete Riss, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 24
    #24
    Sep 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Jeffrey Allen, Ray Houlihan  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka, Pete Riss, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 25
    #25
    Dec 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Mort Weisinger, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Robert Lane, Jack Lehti, Jack Farr  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Fred Ray, Joe Schuster, Ed Dobrotka, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Lehti, Jack Farr, Sam Citron
    Nov-Dec issue
    No copies available
  • 26
    #26
    Anti-Axis cover
    Jan 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Don Cameron, Jerry Siegel, Wayne Boring
    No copies available
  • 27
    #27
    Mar 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka
    No copies available
  • 28
    #28
    May 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Barry Blane, Jack Schiff, Ray Houlihan, Bill Finger  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Sam Citron, Ed Dobrotka, Henry Boltinoff, Pete Riss, George Roussos, Ray Houlihan
    No copies available
  • 29
    #29
    Jul 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Joe Samachson  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka
    Reprints material from Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #120
    No copies available
  • 30
    #30
    Sep 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Eric Carter  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Ed Dobrotka, Henry Boltinoff
    1st appearance of Mxyzptlk; First time Superman flies; Spelling originally Mxyztplk
    No copies available
  • 31
    #31
    Nov 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Don Cameron, Henry Boltinoff, Fred Whitby  ·  A: Sam Citron, Ed Dobrotka, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $520.00
  • 32
    #32
    Jan 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Whitney Ellsworth, Don Cameron  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka
    No copies available
  • 33
    #33
    Mar 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Whitney Ellsworth  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Ed Dobrotka
    No copies available
  • 33/GIVE
    #33 Giveaway Version
    Mar 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Whitney Ellsworth  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Ed Dobrotka
    No copies available
  • 34
    #34
    Jun 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Finger, Lit-Win, Jesse Merlan, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Sam Citron, Lit-Win, Henry Boltinoff
    Versus Lex Luthor; May-Jun issue
    No copies available
  • 34/GIVE
    #34 Giveaway Version
    May 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Finger  ·  A: Sam Citron
    No copies available
  • 35
    #35
    Jul 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Alvin Schwartz, Fred Whitby, Lit-Win, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Ed Dobrotka, Lit-Win, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 36
    #36
    Sep 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Whitney Ellsworth, Ives Carter, Lit-Win  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Sam Citron, Lit-Win
    No copies available
  • 37
    #37
    Dec 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Whitney Ellsworth, Tom Neill, Henry Boltinoff, Lit-Win, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka, Sam Citron, Henry Boltinoff, Lit-Win
    Versus Prankster (Oswald Loomis); Nov-Dec issue
    No copies available
  • 38
    #38
    Jan 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Whitney Ellsworth, Lit-Win, Jesse Merlan, Jack Miller  ·  A: Pete Riss, Lit-Win
    Versus Lex Luthor; Jack Miller writing as Jesse Merlan; “The Battle of the Atoms!“ had previously been suppressed by the U.S. War Department
    No copies available
  • 39
    #39
    Mar 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Whitney Ellsworth, Don Cameron  ·  A: Joe Shuster, Ira Yarbrough, Sam Citron
    No copies available
  • 40
    #40
    May 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Jerry Siegel, Whitney Ellsworth  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Sam Citron
    No copies available
  • 41
    #41
    Jul 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Alvin Schwartz, Jerry Siegel, Stan Carter, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Sam Citron, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 42
    #42
    Sep 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Whitney Ellsworth, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Sam Citron
    No copies available
  • 43
    #43
    Nov 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Alvin Schwartz, Don Cameron, Randolph Allen  ·  A: Joe Shuster, John Sikela, Phil Berube
    No copies available
  • 44
    #44
    Jan 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough
    No copies available
  • 45
    #45
    Mar 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Jerry Siegel, Tex Wade  ·  A: John Sikela, Phil Berube
    No copies available
  • 46
    #46
    May 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Stan Carter  ·  A: John Sikela, Phil Berube
    No copies available
  • 47
    #47
    Jul 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Jerry Siegel, Don Carter  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Phil Berube
    1 copy for $220.00
  • 48
    #48
    Sep 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 49
    #49
    Nov 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron, Pat Parris  ·  A: John Sikela, Phil Berube
    No copies available
  • 50
    #50
    Jan 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Don Cameron  ·  A: Win Mortimer
    No copies available
  • 51
    #51
    Mar 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Win Mortimer, Curt Swan
    No copies available
  • 52
    #52
    May 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Joe Samachson, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Bill Carlton  ·  A: Win Mortimer, Ira Yarbrough, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 53
    #53
    Jul 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Alvin Schwartz, Don Cameron  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    Origin of Superman; 10th anniversary issue
    No copies available
  • 54
    #54
    Sep 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Joe Samachson  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 55
    #55
    Nov 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Morrison, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Henry Boltinoff
    Used in Seduction of the Innocent
    No copies available
  • 56
    #56
    Jan 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Henry Boltinoff
    Versus Prankster; Jan-Feb issue
    No copies available
  • 57
    #57
    Mar 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton, William Woolfolk  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    No copies available
  • 58
    #58
    May 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Henry Boltinoff, William Woolfolk  ·  A: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $205.00
  • 59
    #59
    Jul 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: William Woolfolk, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 60
    #60
    Sep 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Henry Boltinoff
    Sep-Oct issue
    1 copy for $230.00
  • 61
    #61
    Dec 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Bill Stern, Jack Callahan, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Jack Callahan, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Green Kryptonite; 1st appearance of Green Kryptonite; 1st Appearance of green kryptonite; 1st appearance of Kryptonite; 1st Appearance of kryptonite; Origin of Green Kryptonite; Origin of green kryptonite; Origin of Superman; Origin of Superman retold; Versus the Prankster; Nov-Dec issue; Superman discovers his Kryptonian heritage and origin; Time travel
    No copies available
  • 62
    #62
    Jan 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    No copies available
  • 63
    #63
    Mar 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 64
    #64
    May 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Edmond Hamilton, William Woolfolk  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 65
    #65
    Aug 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: William Woolfolk, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Phil Berube  ·  A: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Win Mortimer, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Phil Berube
    1st Appearance of Mala; 2nd Appearance of Peggy Wilkins (Lois Lane’s roommate); Jul-Aug issue; Reprint from Action Comics (1st series) #94 (Mar 1946)
    No copies available
  • 66
    #66
    Sep 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: William Woolfolk, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    1st appearance of The Trickster (Al Fresco)
    No copies available
  • 67
    #67
    Nov 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: William Woolfolk, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring
    No copies available
  • 68
    #68
    Jan 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Henry Boltinoff, Edmond Hamilton, Bill Woolfolk, Martin Naydel, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Henry Boltinoff, Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Martin Naydel
    No copies available
  • 69
    #69
    Apr 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, David Kahn, Henry Boltinoff, Stookie Allen, Horace Elmo, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Stookie Allen, Horace Elmo, Win Mortimer
    1st appearance of The Trickster (Al Fresco); 1st Appearance of the Trickster (Al Fresco); 2nd appearance of Superbaby; 2nd Appearance of Superbaby; Versus the Trickster (Al Fresco); Includes Supermen of America secret message; Mar-Apr issue; Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation for October 1, 1950
    No copies available
  • 70
    #70
    May 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Edmond Hamilton  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    No copies available
  • 71
    #71
    Jul 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    1 copy for $225.00
  • 72
    #72
    Sep 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Edmond Hamilton, William Woolfolk  ·  A: Wayne Boring
    1st appearance of Alice White
    No copies available
  • 73
    #73
    Nov 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Curt Swan
    1 copy for $240.00
  • 74
    #74
    Jan 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 75
    #75
    Mar 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton, William Woolfolk  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 76
    #76
    May 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton, Bill Finger  ·  A: Curt Swan, Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    Superman and Batman learn each other’s secret identities
    No copies available
  • 77
    #77
    Jul 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jack Schiff, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Don Kane, Al McLean, Horace Elmo  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Win Mortimer, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry, Al McLean, Al Plastino, Horace Elmo
    1st Appearance of Professor Enders; Jul-Aug issue
    No copies available
  • 78
    #78
    Sep 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    1 copy for $250.00
  • 79
    #79
    Dec 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Dick Keene, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Henry Boltinoff, Al Plastino
    Versus Lex Luthor; Nov-Dec issue
    1 copy for $83.20
  • 80
    #80
    Jan 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton  ·  A: Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 81
    #81
    Mar 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Edmond Hamilton, Bill Finger, William Woolfolk  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    1 copy for $240.00
  • 82
    #82
    May 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: William Woolfolk  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 83
    #83
    Jul 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    1 copy for $775.00
  • 84
    #84
    Sep 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: William Woolfolk, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Barry Havens  ·  A: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Henry Boltinoff
    Sep-Oct issue
    No copies available
  • 85
    #85
    Nov 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: E.J. Jeffrey, Bill Woolfolk, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Henry Boltinoff, Al Plastino
    Nov-Dec issue
    1 copy for $360.00
  • 86
    #86
    Jan 1954
    Cover: $0.10
    W: William Woolfolk  ·  A: Wayne Boring, Al Plastino
    No copies available
  • 87
    #87
    Feb 1954
    Cover: $0.10
    A: Wayne Boring
    No copies available
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