Comic Title: Superman #7
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1940
On Sale Date: September 10, 1940 Newsstand Date September 10, 1940
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #29, Page 15, Detective Comics #44, Page 14

Copyright Date September 6, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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 Shattered People)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Joe Shuster
Inker: Wayne Boring

Reprinted In:
Superman Archives Vol. 2 HC (1990)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 4 TPB (2008)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Superman #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Superman #7)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Superman #7)

Villain(s)

• Commissioner Jim Stanley, Kotzoff, and their gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Citizens of Gay City (no further appearances)

Comments:
Superman appears to be flying in this story.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Superman travels to Gay City where the townspeople have suddenly become brittle as glass. After saving some from deadly collisions, Superman visits Commissioner Stanley who tips him off to Gargoyle Towers, the suspected source of the malady.

The building turns out to be a trap, but Superman locates another building which seems to be emitting invisible rays from within. While Superman visits the building and finds an evil scientist, Kotzoff, Lois Lane arrives in town and is affected by the malady as well. Superman forces the scientist and his associates to turn over the antidote, which he uses to help Lois. Then he returns to look for the Commissioner.

Stanley attempts to escape by plane, but the Man of Steel brings him down. Superman is then doused with Kotzoff’s gas which knocks him out, and the police take him into custody. When he revives, Superman breaks out, captures the crooks, forcing them to confess, and spreads the antidote throughout town.