Action Comics #118
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Execution of Clark Kent!", Superman orchestrates a daring deception when Clark Kent is sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit—setting the stage for a high-stakes mission to expose mobster Big Al Strumm. With Joe Shuster handling both pencils and inks, the story unfolds with the kind of bold, expressive art that defined Superman’s early years, while Wayne Boring’s cover captures the electric tension of the moment.
In a shocking twist, Clark Kent faces execution for murder, but the electric chair is no ordinary death sentence—it's the first step in a daring plan. With Lois Lane desperate to expose mobster Big Al Strumm, Superman uses Clark’s arrest as a cover to infiltrate the criminal underworld and gather the proof they need.
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Reprinted in Action Comics #118 (1948), Climax Color Comic #12 (1948), Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2019)
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