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Cover: Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye

Superman #1

Apr 1950 · K. G. Murray · 6d [0-0-6 GBP]
📊 ~118,376 copies sold its debut month
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“The Man Who Out-Supered Superman”

In "The Man Who Out-Supered Superman," Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster deliver a clever, early Superman tale where a jealous man named Nelson Swayne sets out to surpass the Man of Steel in five public challenges—using nothing but his brilliant mind. Wayne Boring’s cover captures the bold ambition of the premise, while the story’s playful premise sets up a unique showdown between human ingenuity and superhuman might.

writer Jerry Siegel · artist, inker Joe Shuster · cover Wayne Boring, Stan Kaye

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artist, inker Joe Shuster
cover pencils Wayne Boring
cover inks Stan Kaye

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Frustrated by the fact that his girl friend loves and adores Superman, Nelson Swayne vows to "out-super" Superman in five different events, all to be judged by prominent citizens of Metropolis. And, amazingly enough, his super-sharp brain figures out ways to do just that!

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

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