Comic Title: Superman #43
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: August 28, 1946 Copyright Date August 26, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Inventions of Hector Thwistle"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Joe Shuster
Inker: George Roussos

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #101; next appearance in Superman #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #101; next appearance in Superman #43)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #42; next appearance in Superman #43)

Villain(s)

• Joe Jipper and his henchmen (Mooch and Shortchange named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Hector Thwistle (an inventor; no further appearances)
• Olafson and Jensen (comedians; no further appearances)
• Mr. Holden (a bank manager; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Hector Thwistle, an amateur inventor, brings his new gadgets to the Daily Planet to show them to the staff. The gadgets are silly and malfunction forcing Superman to protect bystanders. After the failed presentation, Clark Kent approaches Thwistle and enlists him to help stop con artist Joe Jipper.

Clark disguises himself, then convinces Jipper that he wants to buy Thwistle's inventions. Jipper then buys the inventions from Thwistle so that he can resell them, but he finds out they don’t work. The con artist fell for the con.

Jipper then visits Thwistle lab and gets more inventions from the inventor. This time Jipper uses the gadgets to commit crimes. Superman apprehends them, then Clark helps Thwistle get a job as part of a comedy act.