“SUPERMAN VERSUS LUTHOR.” When Clark Kent begins to investigate a new weapon being tested by the Army that artificially causes earthquakes, little does he know that Lex Luthor is hot on the trail of securing the plans for that invention, one way or the other.

Lois suspects that Clark Kent is Superman. A vicious criminal uses innocent people, trapped by hypnotic power, who are armed with a bomb apparatus that makes it possible for them to rob without opposition from the police. Superman must solve a series of bold crimes that were pulled by ungainly men who look anything but formidable. Lex Luthor survives his execution in the electric chair, which only makes him more powerful.

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" begins the final story of the Silver Age Superman, as written by legendary scribe Alan Moore. Superman's villains attack, revealing his secret identity to those closest to him! Continued in ACTION COMICS #583.

Presenting over 20 classic full length Superman tales from the DC Comics vault!

Metropolis is struck first by invisible robbers, then disappearing and reappearing buildings, and finally all water being shut off to residents.

“THE SLOT MACHINE RACKET.” Lois and Clark are very concerned when they see business owners trying to induce children into their stores to play slot machines, placed there by the goons of “Slug” Kelly.

“THE ORPHANAGE ADVENTURE!” When Superman saves a runaway boy from being run over by a train, he discovers the child is from an orphanage where the superintendent abuses the children in a variety of ways.

He is the world's most powerful being. The sole survivor of a doomed planet, he has made our protection his life's work. And although his never-ending battle for truth and justice continues to this day, one question has always haunted his shining legend: How would the story of Superman finally end?

This extra-sized battle marks a turning point in the life of the Man of Steel! Alien gladiators have been recruited to come to Earth to face the Last Son of Krypton in no-holds-barred combat. Now, as Vartox and two other intergalactic brawlers take the battle to Superman's hometown of Metropolis, the mastermind behind the plot is revealed! How will Superman emerge victorious from pitched battle and then defeatÉBrainiac 2.0?

Presents a collection of the comic book series from its beginning in 1938 through 1940, as the superhero becomes a defender of the oppressed and fights against injustice and political corruption.