Did you read Superman #4? 1 1

[Westy Steve]

I have a question about Superman #4. On the cover it shows Superman wrecking a building or tearing down columns or something like that. Did anything remotely close to that happen in the story?

[fishbone]

On 6/21/2022 at 10:08 AM, Westy Steve said:

I have a question about Superman #4. On the cover it shows Superman wrecking a building or tearing down columns or something like that. Did anything remotely close to that happen in the story?

https://www.qualitycomix.com/comic-price-guide/superman/issue-4

[Professor K]

Yes it did but the cover isn't depicted in the comic. This is all they show of the earthquake. I used to think the bald guy was Lex Luther, boy was I wrong. 

[Professor K]

https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Superman-1939/Issue-4?id=16243

[Westy Steve]

On 6/21/2022 at 2:03 PM, Professor K said:

Yes it did but the cover isn't depicted in the comic. This is all they show of the earthquake. I used to think the bald guy was Lex Luther, boy was I wrong. 

Thank you.  Perfect.  Then follow this. In the next issue, the cover shows Superman tearing apart a wall/portcullis/jail wall to save a woman who is under duress and trapped inside. 
 

In the comic (Issue #5) Superman tears down a steel door to get to bad guys and save Lois.  
 

My thought is that Superman 5 is the first cover appearance of Lois, not Action 29 which came months later.  I base this on the ads for Batman 1 which was in Supes 5 and showed up in an Action comic before #29. 
 

I believe the cover artists often worked on the covers without full details of the story and they were inspired by the plot therein. 
 

(And yes, she seems to have Blonde highlights, but we’ve seen Supes without an “S” in early issues too…details weren’t their strong suit when they did the covers independently of the stories, IMHO )

Edited June 21, 2022 by Westy Steve

[Westy Steve]

I also believe The Luther first appeared in Superman 4 if you note the timing of the advertisements, but that’s another topic. 

[circumstances]

On 6/21/2022 at 7:56 PM, Westy Steve said:

I also believe The Luther first appeared in Superman 4 if you note the timing of the advertisements, but that’s another topic. 

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