Comic Title: Famous First Edition C-61
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1979
On Sale Date: December 14, 1978 Newsstand Date December 14, 1978
Source: House Ad, DC Comics Presents #7, Page 16-17

Newsstand Date December 14, 1978
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #25

Copyright Date December 14, 1978
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1978

Newsstand Date December 12, 1978
Source: Comic Reader, #163

Shipping Date November 21, 1978
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #25

Newsstand Date October 12, 1978
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #23

Shipping Date September 19, 1978
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #23

Newsstand Date June 20, 1978
Source: Comic Reader, #157

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $2.00
Page Count: 64
Editor: Paul Levitz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: (Superman Battles Death Underground)
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.