Comic Title: Superman #18
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1942
On Sale Date: July 3, 1942 Newsstand Date July 3, 1942
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #51, Page 29

Copyright Date June 30, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Snake"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Leo Nowak

Reprinted In:
Superman Archives Vol. 5 HC (2000)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 10 TPB (2012)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 5 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #18; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #36)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #18; next appearance in Action Comics #52)

Villain(s)

• The Snake (Bill Chanty; a disgruntled tunnel digger; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Big Luke and Matt Hickey (two tunnel diggers; both die in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
Superman displays the ability to twist his facial features in this story, allowing him to alter his physical appearance. Although he used this ability a few other times, it is not one of his powers. The use of it here should be considered apocryphal to the Superman canon.

Synopsis:
A tunnel working is killed during a digging operation. The killer dresses as a Snake. Superman goes undercover as a tunnel employee to expose the killer. While working another man is killed. Superman chases the killer, but he is accused of being the killer. However, he spots an identifying mark on the real killer, Bill Chanty. Chanty flees, taking Lois Lane as a hostage. Superman rescues her, and Chanty is killed by his own pet snake.