Cover: Joe Shuster

Action Comics #10

Mar 1939 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~80,751 copies sold its debut month

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“Superman Goes to Prison”

In "Superman Goes to Prison," Superman investigates the brutal conditions of the Coreytown Chain Gang after Clark Kent interviews a former inmate, uncovering a system built on cruelty and neglect. Written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Joe Shuster, this early tale sees the Man of Steel stepping into the shadows of a corrupt prison system, with Shuster’s iconic art and Paul Lauretta’s lettering bringing the story to life. The cover by Joe Shuster captures the tension of the moment, a 10-cent comic from 1939 that marks one of Superman’s earliest forays into social justice.

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writer Jerry Siegel · artist, inker Joe Shuster · inker, letterer Paul Lauretta · cover Joe Shuster

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Cast · 15 characters

Bob Daley Chuck Dawson Franklin D. Roosevelt George Taylor George Washington Lois Lane Marco Polo Pep Morgan Rusty James Scoop Scanlon Superman Tex Thomson Tigress Tong Zatara

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writer Jerry Siegel

artist, inker Joe Shuster

inker, letterer Paul Lauretta

cover pencils, inks Joe Shuster

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Clark Kent interviews a former prisoner who was starved and abused by the Coreytown Chain Gang, so Superman decides to get the real scoop on these abuses...and put a stop to them.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).