Comic Title: Superman Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: October 24, 1989 Shipping Date October 24, 1989
Source: Previews, #8

Shipping Date October 24, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #172

Direct Market Date October 26, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #113, #119

Shipping Date October 26, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #10

Direct Market Date November 16, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #125

Direct Market Date December 14, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #128, #129

Cover Price: $39.95
Page Count: 272
Editor: Richard Bruning

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: (The Man Who Sold Superman)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Joe Shuster
Inker: Paul Cassidy

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #6 (1938)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #5; next appearance in Action Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #5; next appearance in Action Comics #7)
• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #5; next appearance in Action Comics #7)
• Jimmy Olsen (called "Office Boy" in this story; next appearance in Action Comics #10)

Villain(s)

• Nick Williams and an actor dressed as Superman (scam artists; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A club singer (no further appearances)

Comments:
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.

The office boy in this story is later identified as Jimmy Olsen; first name given in the second story of Superman #13; last name revealed in the first story of Superman #15.

Synopsis:
Clark Kent is introduced to Nick Williams, who claims to be Superman’s personal manager. Clark, secretly Superman, decides to trap Williams and takes him up on his offer for a personal interview with the Man of Steel. Lois Lane learns of Clark’s interview and sets a trap of her own. Convincing Clark that she has finally "come to her senses," Lois has him escort her for a night on the town before his interview. While at a swank nightclub, she drugs Clark and races to keep his appointment with Williams and Superman. The drug has no effect on Clark’s nervous system, and he follows Lois as Superman. Lois is unconvinced by the actor Williams hired to play Superman and threatens to uncover the scam. To keep Lois from carrying out her threat, Williams and the actor push her out an open window, but Superman arrives in time to save her and expose Williams as the fraud he is.