Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3
Part of the DC Omnibus guide — every release, in reading order
Written and drawn by his co-creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, these early adventures find Superman helping everyday people against crooked politicians, taking on mad scientists (including Lex Luthor), and running afoul of influential socialites. Collects ACTION COMICS #48-63, SUPERMAN #16-23, and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #6-10.
1 printing · 1 variant · 2016
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Cover by Darwyn Cooke
ISBN: 978-1401270117
December 14, 2016
$75.00
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Creators
click a creator to highlightWriterJerry Siegel +1
PencilerJohn Sikela +12
InkerJohn Sikela +12
LettererIra Schnapp
Percentages may exceed 100% when multiple creators share a role on the same issue.
Issues (32)
Order from GCD1. #48 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 10 stories
"Crime's Caravan!"12pp
"After School"1pp
"The Adventure of the Secret Submarine"6pp
"The Pied Piper of Doom"8pp
"The Dummox"2pp
"Congo Bill"6pp
"The Case of the Maddening Music!"9pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"The Flying Jeeps"2pp
"Good Books Worth Reading"1pp
2. #16 Superman (1939)52pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 7 stories
"Shorty"1pp
"Clancy the Cop"1pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"Grandpa Peters"2pp
"Omission of Guilt"2pp
"Editorial Advisory Board [PSA]"1pp
"Sachim Bird by Gertrude Robinson [Column]"1pp
3. #49 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 10 stories
"The Rainbow Man"12pp
"The Mystery of the Meandering Mansion"6pp
"The Crime Machine"8pp
"Safeguard"2pp
"The Last Shipment!"6pp
"The Story of the Magical Mobsters!"9pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Capt. Colin P. Kelly Jr. [Cartoon]"1pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"War in the Air [Column]"1pp
4. #6 World's Finest Comics (1941)14pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 12 stories
"Mystery of the Cat's Eye Spell"9pp
"The Adventure of the Hungry Lion"4pp
"Strange Prophecy"2pp
"The Adventure of the Magic Forest"10pp
"The Adventure of the King of Escape"10pp
"Case of the Little Fuehrer"8pp
"The Zoo of the Deep"10pp
"Killer's Slip-Up"2pp
"Busy Bill the Bill Collector"2pp
"The Black Gold Touch!"8pp
"Jerry the Jitterbug"1pp
"The Secret of Bruce Wayne!"13pp
5. #50 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 13 stories
"The Man Who Came Back!"12pp
"The Island Where Time Stood Still!"6pp
"Tex Thomson"8pp
"Sky Challenge"2pp
"Rollin Stone"1pp
"The Man of a Thousand Lives!"6pp
"Silly Willy"1pp
"Chief Hot Foot"1pp
"The Case of the Man Who Could Not Die!!"9pp
"Against the Jungle [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Major Thomas H. J. Trapnell [Cartoon]"1pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
6. #17 Superman (1939)52pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 7 stories
"Shorty"1pp
"Clancy the Cop"1pp
"Silly Willy"1pp
"Rollin Stone"2pp
"Killer's Guns"2pp
"Fire! The Mascot by Paul Brown [Column]"1pp
"Gee Man"2pp
7. #51 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 14 stories
"Guns, Gold, and Glory!"12pp
"Silly Willy"1pp
"The Valley of the Vultures"6pp
"The Framer"8pp
"Some Must Fight"2pp
"Rollin Stone"1pp
"Congo Bill"6pp
"Shorty"1pp
"Jerry the Jitterbug"1pp
"The Case of the Coconut Crimes!"9pp
"Little Oscar's First Raid [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Captain Arthur Wermuth, One-Man Army! [PSA]"1pp
"[PSA]"1pp
8. #52 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 13 stories
"Sing a Song of Six Guns!"12pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"The Battle of a Thousand Years"6pp
"The Case of the Stolen Spectacles!"8pp
"Wolf Hunt"2pp
"The One-Man Army!"6pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"Crime on Ice!"9pp
"Cowhand Goes to Town [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Lt. Colonel Boyd "Buzz" Wagner [Cartoon]"1pp
"Little Gertie"1pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
9. #7 World's Finest Comics (1941)14pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 11 stories
"The Case of the Walking Dynamo"9pp
"Bringing in "Baby""4pp
"Wise Lady"2pp
"A Modern Arabian Nightmare"10pp
"The Case of the Jinxed Skyscraper"9pp
"The Phantom Voice"8pp
"Wings of Flame"13pp
"Where There's Smoke--"2pp
"The Vanishing V-Men!"8pp
"The North Pole Crimes!"13pp
"Gee Man"2pp
10. #18 Superman (1939)53pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 6 stories
"Shorty"1pp
"Who Needs Gas?"1pp
"Kitty McTabby"1pp
"Busy Bill the Bill Collector"2pp
""The Pen Is Mightier--""2pp
"Mr. Popper's Penguins"1pp
11. #53 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 13 stories
"The Blackout Blues!"12pp
"Wings Over the Pacific"6pp
"Americommando and the Cinema Saboteur"8pp
"A Simple Job"2pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"The Man Who Played King"6pp
"Clancy the Cop"1pp
"Crooks -- Handle with Care!"9pp
"Good Books Worth Reading [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"He Blasted Tokyo! [Cartoon]"1pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"Careful Chester"1pp
12. #54 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 13 stories
"In the Stone Age [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Capt. Hewitt T. (Shorty) Wheless [Cartoon]"1pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
"The Rookie Who Fought a Ghost"12pp
"Fire over Yunnanfu Road"6pp
"Destination Berlin"8pp
"The Old Fireball"2pp
"Chief Hot Foot"1pp
"Idol of Doom"6pp
"Tickets, Please"1pp
"Recipe for Robbery"9pp
"Hispaniola"1pp
13. #19 Superman (1939)53pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 7 stories
"Putney Gets Into a Jam--"1pp
"When In Doubt--"1pp
"Buddy"1pp
"Grandstand Coach"2pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"Just-Like Junior"2pp
"Good Books Worth Reading"1pp
14. #55 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 9 stories
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Maj. Frank D. Sharp [Cartoon]"1pp
"Bullets for Breakfast!"12pp
"The Clever Chinese"2pp
"Aces of Fire"6pp
"Escape from the Scaffold!"8pp
"A Modern Robinson Crusoe!"6pp
"Crimes by Coincidence"9pp
"Darwin's Theory"1pp
15. #8 World's Finest Comics (1941)14pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 11 stories
"Tanks for the Memory!"4pp
"The Magic Lantern"9pp
"Stripesy, Solo Sleuth, Inc.!"13pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"The Luck of the Lepparts"13pp
"Man's Dog"1pp
"The Unluckiest Man in the World!"13pp
"Smoked Out"2pp
"A Double for Trouble"6pp
"Brothers in Law!"13pp
"The Minute Man Answers the Call [PSA]"4pp
16. #56 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — John Sikela · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 13 stories
"Children of the Sea [Column]"1pp
"Robert L. Golay [Cartoon]"1pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
"Melody of Menace!"12pp
"Clancy the Cop"1pp
"War Hawks of Greenland"6pp
"The Man the Whole World Feared"8pp
"The Traitor"2pp
"The Game for Life"6pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"Silly Willy"1pp
"The Case of the Phoney Funny Man"9pp
"Malta"1pp
17. #57 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — John Sikela · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 14 stories
"Good Books Worth Reading [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Sgt. Meyer Levin [Cartoon]"1pp
"Chief Hot Foot"1pp
"The Feud of the Rimfire Ridge!"12pp
"Jerry the Jitterbug"1pp
"Veiled Desert Bandits!"6pp
"Clancy the Cop"1pp
"Mightier Than the Sword"8pp
"Naval Engagement"2pp
"The Galloping Ghosts"6pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"Treasure Trove"9pp
"The Condor"1pp
18. #20 Superman (1939)53pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"Jerry the Jitterbug"1pp
"Shorty"1pp
"The Prof Comes Through"2pp
"Chesty McGurk"2pp
19. #58 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 12 stories
"Juneau the Sleigh Dog by West Lathrop [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Corporal Franklin Koons [Cartoon]"1pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
"The Dummy and the Dumbbell"12pp
"Double-X for the Axis"6pp
"The Brigade of the Biting Rabbit"8pp
"Costly Lesson"2pp
"The Full-Dress Rebellion!"6pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"The Seven Year Itch!"9pp
"Juarez"1pp
20. #59 Action Comics (1938)14pp
🖼️Cover — John Sikela · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 12 stories
"Superman by George Lowther [Column]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark [Cartoon]"1pp
"Fiddler's Fee!"12pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"Sky Knights of Malta"6pp
"Missive for Mussolini"8pp
"Shorty"1pp
"The Scarecrow"2pp
"The Phantom Warriors!"6pp
"Crime Takes a Detour"9pp
"Monaco"1pp
21. #21 Superman (1939)53pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 4 stories
"Goofy Invention"2pp
"Victor [Cartoon]"1pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"Snapper [Cartoon]"2pp
22. #9 World's Finest Comics (1941)14pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 16 stories
"Khaki and Korn!"4pp
"The Man Who Could Make It Rain!"9pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"Badge of Courage"2pp
"Turn Back the Clock!"13pp
"Clancy the Cop"1pp
"The Battle of the Big Top"13pp
"Keep 'Em Fighting!"4pp
"Fate's Fete"2pp
"Death Is the Prize"8pp
"Alexander the Eagle"4pp
"Crime of the Month"13pp
"Silly Willy"1pp
"Skipper"2pp
"Busy Bill the Bill Collector"2pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
23. #60 Action Comics (1938)13pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 13 stories
"PFC. Orin Sutton [Cartoon]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
"Larry and the Undersea Raider [Column]"1pp
"Chief Hot Foot"1pp
"Rainbow over Crimeville"12pp
"Silly Willy"1pp
"The Lieutenant from Corregidor!"6pp
"Rations for Victory"8pp
"Shorty"1pp
"New Leader"2pp
"Jungle Justice!"6pp
"Styles in Crime"9pp
"Norway Lives On"1pp
24. #61 Action Comics (1938)13pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 9 stories
"The Cat and the Fiddler!"12pp
"One Arabian Night"5pp
"The Dikes of Death!"8pp
"A Dog's Life"2pp
"A Blowout in Istanbul"6pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"The Man who Stole Magic!"7pp
"Sgt. David Woody [Cartoon]"1pp
"Supermen of America [Column]"1pp
25. #22 Superman (1939)50pp
🖼️Cover — Fred Ray · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"Private Pete"1pp
"Reunion with Death"2pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
"Shorty [Cartoon]"1pp
"Clancy the Cop [Cartoon]"1pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"Gee Man"2pp
26. #10 World's Finest Comics (1941)14pp
🖼️Cover — Howard Sherman · 1pp
✏️Penciler, , ,
🖋️Inker, , ,
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 12 stories
"Meet Mister Gadget"13pp
"Book Larnin'"2pp
"The Man Who Made Mirages!"9pp
"Shorty"1pp
"Message to Murmansk"12pp
"Super Sleuth McFooey"4pp
"Bring 'Em Back Alive!"4pp
"The Saboteur"2pp
"The Eye of Sheba!"9pp
"Among Their Souvenirs!"4pp
"Man with the Camera Eyes"12pp
"Binnacle Bill, the Whaler"1pp
27. #62 Action Comics (1938)13pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 8 stories
"The Crime Carnival!"12pp
"The Loyal Traitor!"5pp
"The Blitz Barge!"8pp
"Island of Peril!"6pp
"Murder in the Dark"2pp
"The Money Buyer"7pp
"The Secret Voyage [Column]"1pp
"Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
28. #63 Action Comics (1938)13pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 9 stories
"Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc."12pp
"Woozy World"1pp
"Leatherneck Luck!"5pp
"A Right in der Fuehrer's Face!"8pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"The Curse of Cotelleria!"6pp
"Crazy Scheme"1pp
"The Pirate of Pleasure!"8pp
"Lions on the Hunt"1pp
29. #23 Superman (1939)49pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"A Claw for a Clue"2pp
"Hank the Yank [Cartoon]"1pp
"Clancy the Cop [Cartoon]"1pp
"The Courage and the Glory"1pp
30. #64 Action Comics (1938)13pp
🖼️Cover — Sam Citron · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 7 stories
"The Treasure of Dead Man's Key!"12pp
""Jitters" Jeep"4pp
"Gift of Death"2pp
"The Inquisitive Ostrich!"6pp
"Peter, the Small!"8pp
"Quiet...Thugs at Work!"9pp
"Mounted Messenger by Cornelia Meigs"1pp
31. #65 Action Comics (1938)13pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 9 stories
"The Bard of Banditry!"12pp
"Jitters Jeep"2pp
"Storm over the Bering!"6pp
"Private Pete"1pp
"Schickelgruber's Nightmare!"8pp
"Fifth Columnist"2pp
"Hank the Yank"1pp
"The Riddle of the Tired Thespians!"8pp
"Thomas Jefferson"1pp
32. #24 Superman (1939)47pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Burnley · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 6 stories
"Private Pete"1pp
"Gags [Cartoon]"1pp
"Words of Fire"2pp
"Life's Little Laffs [Cartoon]"1pp
"Jerry the Jitterbug [Cartoon]"1pp
"Night Boat and Other Tod Moran Mysteries"1pp
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