Superman, #14

Published: January-February 1942

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Story Featuring Superman

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Art credits verified by Fred Ray.

Concerts of Doom

Story Featuring Superman

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When people who attend a concert at Plymouth Hall are robbed, seemingly without their knowledge, Clark and Lois attend the next evening's concert to see if lightning strikes twice. It does, and Clark discovers that mass hypnotism is involved, which makes it all the worse a few nights later when the concert is broadcast over the airwaves, making people fall asleep while listening to the program, and allowing criminals to rob them blind.

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Story title taken from the Archive.

The Invention Thief

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When young Chet Farnsworth's invention, a fire extinguishing powder, is successfully used to put out a tenement fire, the young man hastily signs a contract with an unscrupulous man, not realizing that he has just signed the rights and any profits away to him.

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Story title taken from the Archive.

"Lissen, Stone! I'll give you 24 hours to find a job..."

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A police officer helps Stone find a job as a window cleaner.

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Jinx Job

"Lefty Larson fondled the automatic that rested in his pocket, smiled as he felt its reassuring cold steel."

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Lefty believes he has pulled off his thirteenth successful job after robbing a jewelry store. To Lefty’s surprise though, a police officer catches him in short order. In his haste to get away and blend into the pedestrian traffic, Lefty forgot to remove the mask he wore while committing the robbery!

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The Undersea City

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Perry sends Lois and Clark out to cover a fisherman's story that he has spotted a living mermaid. Lois dismisses it after the interview, but Clark decides to investigate further and discovers the man is telling the truth. The mermaid tells the Man of Tomorrow that her father's evil adviser is planning to invade the land world and must be stopped.

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1st Mermaid story in Superman feature. Compare with "The Girl in Superman's Past" in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129.

Marked Man

"He was a marked man, this Quintesa Doba..."

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Doba robs the Silver Dollar cabaret to share the ill-gotten gains with needy families.

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Story Featuring Clancy the Cop

"Gosh, a real tent circus..."

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Clancy enters a fun house and discovers it doesn’t quite live up to its name.

The Lightning Master

Story Featuring Superman

"Strange, terrible disasters strike the heart of a great city!"

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Superman responds to a horrible lightning storm that is wreaking havoc all over Metropolis.

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Lightning Master next seen in ALL-STAR SQUADRON ANNUAL #2.

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Books reviewed include "The Young Douglas" by Jeanette Covent Nolan and "Sgt. York" starring Gary Cooper.

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Ready for Christmas
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Back cover.

Amazing Gift Offer to Superman Readers!
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Inside back cover.

And Now the "Big Seven" Becomes the "Big Eight"!

"Tops in monthly comic magazines!"

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House ad for multiple DC titles including Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 Series) #1. The ad also features a letter written by Gene Tunney, the boxing champion.

-And Here's Top Value

"96 big pages"

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House ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 Series) #4.

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House ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 Series) #43.

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On the bottom of the second page of the text story.

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Several small ads in the left-hand column of the first page of the text story.

Editorial Advisory Board

"New free book tells how the fun of today may lead to the opportunity of tomorrow"

Superman Krypto-Raygun
Supermen of America
Tom Had the Merriest Christmas Ever!

"Gee!"

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Inside front cover.