Originally published: Action Comics #88 Why it’s significant: This story is the second appearance of Hocus and Pocus, “magicians by accident,” and the only of their four Golden Age appearances to not be reprinted. It also is the final appearance of the pair to be illustrated by Shuster, who co-created the characters with Siegel. It is the oldest Shuster-drawn Superman comic story to not be reprinted.<\/p>\n Note: This story was solicited to be included in SUPERMAN IN ACTION COMICS ARCHIVES, Vol. 6, which was slated for a June 6, 2012, release. However, in January 2012, Diamond Distributors announced the book had been canceled by DC Comics and would be resolicited at a later date. As of this post, that has not happened, though the book is still listed on DC’s website<\/a> (strangely, with the original 2012 release date attached).<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #37 Why it’s significant: It is the oldest Siegel-written Superman comic story to not be reprinted. It also is among Ed Dobrotka’s final Superman work. Dobrotka is credited with pencilling one more Superman story and inking another, then moved over to inking and occasionally pencilling Superboy<\/i> stories until the early 1950s.<\/p>\n Note: To date, eight volumes of SUPERMAN ARCHIVES have been released, the most recent collecting stories through SUPERMAN #35. A ninth volume likely would include this story.<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #39 Why it’s significant: The story relates how “The Adventures of Superman” radio serial came to be — in the world of Superman! The fun tale, somewhat in the vein of of Siegel’s “Superman, Matinee Idol” from four years prior, plays off the popularity of the Superman radio serial, which was at an all-time high when this story was published.<\/p>\n Note: Like with “The Rubbish Robbers,” this story likely would be included in a ninth volume of SUPERMAN ARCHIVES.<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #43 Why it’s significant: It is the final Superman comic story written by Siegel and<\/i> pencilled by Shuster. Aside from Funnyman, the two would never again collaborate on a published story.<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #43 Why it’s significant: The final Superman comic story credited to Shuster, and one of his final credits for DC Comics. (Shuster’s only credit for the company after this is an ADVENTURE COMICS cover featuring Superboy.)<\/p>\n Originally published: Action Comics #104 Why it’s significant: This is Siegel’s final comic story (Golden Age or otherwise) featuring Oswald Loomis, a.k.a. the Prankster.<\/p>\n Originally published: Action Comics #105 Why it’s significant: Siegel writes a rare (for the Golden Age) Christmas story featuring Superman.<\/p>\n Note: This story was reprinted twice by K.G. Murray Publishing Company in Australia: first in SUPERMAN ALL COLOR COMIC #6 (cover date Nov. 1947), and in black and white in THE MIGHTY COMIC ANNUAL (published around 1956). It has not been reprinted in the United States.<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #46 Why it’s significant: This is Siegel’s final Golden Age comic story featuring Mr. Mxyztplk (who would become Mr. Mxyzptlk about a decade later). <\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #46 Why it’s significant: This tale contains a major milestone: the first mention of Superboy in a Superman story. It also is notable for being Siegel’s only second Superboy story (the first being the character’s debut in MORE FUN COMICS #101 two years prior) and final until Siegel returned to DC Comics in 1959.<\/p>\n Note: This story was reprinted in 1947, 1956 and 1965 by Australia’s K.G. Murray, as well as in 1947 by Brazilian publisher Ebal. It has not been reprinted in the United States.<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #47 Note: This story was reprinted by K.G. Murray Publishing Company in Australia in SUPERMAN ALL COLOR COMIC #5 (cover date Oct. 1947). It has not been reprinted in the United States.<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #48 Why it’s significant: This is Siegel’s final Golden Age comic story featuring Superman’s most fiendish and well-known villain: Luthor.<\/p>\n Note: In 1953, DC Comics published a one-shot special, THREE-DIMENSION ADVENTURES: SUPERMAN, which contained this story, albeit with new art by Curt Swan and Al Plastino, as well as a slightly tweaked script to update the dialogue. That version was reprinted in a replica edition of the comic published in 1997. The original John Sikela- and George Roussos-illustrated version, however, has not been reprinted.<\/p>\n Originally published: Superman #48 Why it’s significant: This is Siegel’s penultimate Golden Age Superman comic story. It also is Siegel’s last use of Lois Lane and Perry White in a Golden Age story.<\/p>\n Five Siegel-written Superman stories were reprinted as back-up stories in 1970s issues of SUPERMAN:<\/p>\n – “There is No Superman” from SUPERMAN #40 (cover date May-June 1946), reprinted in #246 Each story also received a reprint in the 1970s by a non-U.S. publisher, but none have been reprinted otherwise or more recently.<\/p>\n All together, these 17 stories comprise 209 pages of stories (147 if the stories reprinted in the ’70s are excluded). This is the perfect size for a trade paperback or hardcover that could be placed alongside the Archive Editions and Chronicles collections. What a tremendous accomplishment it would be to have every Golden Age Superman story worked on by his creators reprinted and available for new audiences. With the Man of Steel’s popularity surging thanks to this past summer’s blockbuster movie, now is prime time to take the one small step left toward reprinting these final few stories.<\/p>\n So, how ’bout it, DC?<\/p>\n Unreprinted is an occasional series looking at Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster material unseen since its original publication. The effort to shine the spotlight on these items is done in hopes of making more readers aware of them — and publishers aware that their is interest in being able to read them once again!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During Jerry Siegel’s and Joe Shuster’s employment with DC Comics, the pair worked on more than 450 Superman comic book stories. Of these, approximately 200 were produced during what is known as the Golden Age of Comics. Since the inceptions … Continue reading ![\"Hocus](\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/unreprinted-theadventureofthestingymen.jpg\")
<\/a>Writer: unknown
\nArtist: Joe Shuster<\/p>\n
\nCover date: Sept. 1945
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nPenciller: Ed Dobrotka
\nInker: Stan Kaye<\/p>\n
\nCover date: Nov.-Dec. 1945
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Don Cameron
\nPenciller: Joe Shuster
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: March-April 1946
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nPenciller: Joe Shuster
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: Nov.-Dec. 1946
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Alvin Schwartz
\nPenciller: Joe Shuster
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: Nov.-Dec. 1946
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nArtist: Ira Yarbrough<\/p>\n
\nCover date: Jan. 1947
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nArtist: John Sikela<\/p>\n
\nCover date: 14
\nPages: <\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nPenciller: John Sikela
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: May-June 1947
\nPages: 13<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nPenciller: John Sikela
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: May-June 1947
\nPages: 13<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nPenciller: Ira Yarbrough
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: July-Aug. 1947
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nPenciller: John Sikela
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: Sept.-Oct. 1947
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n<\/a>Writer: Jerry Siegel
\nPenciller: John Sikela
\nInker: George Roussos<\/p>\n
\nCover date: Sept.-Oct. 1947
\nPages: 12<\/p>\n
\n– “The Magician’s Convention” from ACTION COMICS #97 (cover date June 1946), reprinted in #272
\n– “A Modern Alice in Wonderland” from SUPERMAN #41 (cover date July-Aug. 1946), reprinted in #284
\n– “The Case of the Living Trophies” from SUPERMAN #45 (cover date March-April 1947), reprinted in #251
\n– “High Man on a Flagpole” from SUPERMAN #46 (cover date May-June 1947), repinted in #249<\/p>\n