Comic Title: Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2013
On Sale Date: June 5, 2013 Direct Market Date June 5, 2013
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Direct Market Date June 5, 2013
Source: Previews, #293

Cover Price: $75.00
Page Count: 784

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Blakely Mine Disaster"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #3 (1938)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #2; next appearance in Action Comics #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #2; next appearance in Action Comics #5)

Villain(s)

• Thornton Blakely (a mine owner; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Stanislaw Kober (a miner; no further appearances)
• A rescue crew, a group of rich party-goers, and two security guards (no further appearances)

Comments:
Superman appears in costume in only 1 panel of this story.

This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on a text page of Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is summarized.

Synopsis:
The story opens as Superman saves a group of miners from a collapsed mine. Sensing a greater problem, he investigates charges of unsafe conditions as Clark Kent. Mine owner Thornton Blakely insists that the workers caused the problems and his mines are safe. During the night, dressed as a miner, Superman steals into a party Blakely is throwing. As a lark, Blakely decides to move the party into the mine, where Superman surreptitiously causes a cave-in. When Blakely tries to use the safety devices installed for such occurrences, he discovers that they don’t work. After the trapped partygoers all collapse, Superman clears the way to safety. Now convinced, Blakely declares that his mine will be the safest in the country, and his workers the best treated.