Cover: Wayne Boring & George Roussos

Superman #31

Nov 1944 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~40,534 copies sold its debut month

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“Tune Up Time for Crime!”

In "Tune Up Time for Crime!", Superman takes on a mystery that hits close to home in Metropolis, tracking down a missing explorer and uncovering a web of deceit tied to the city’s museum board. With Bill Finger’s sharp storytelling and Pete Riss’s dynamic art—inked by George Roussos—this 1944 classic blends suspense and social commentary in a tale where integrity is on the line. The cover, by Wayne Boring with inks by George Roussos, captures the tension with a striking image of Superman confronting the crime.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Pete Riss · inker George Roussos · cover Wayne Boring, George Roussos

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Full credits

writer Bill Finger

artist Pete Riss

inker George Roussos

cover pencils Wayne Boring

cover inks George Roussos

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Superman investigates the disappearance of a noted explorer and discovers that a member of the Metropolis Museum Board has kidnapped the explorer and swindled the museum of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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

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