Comic Title: Superman #13
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1941
On Sale Date: August 29, 1941 Newsstand Date August 29, 1941
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #41, Page 26

Copyright Date August 26, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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.

Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Archer)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Leo Nowak

Reprinted In:
Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies HC (1971)
Superman from the 30s to the 80s HC (1983)
Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told HC (1988)
Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told TPB (1989)
Superman Archives Vol. 4 HC (1994)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 7 TPB (2009)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 4 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #13; next appearance in Superman #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #13; next appearance in Superman #13)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #13; next appearance in Superman #13)
• Jimmy Olsen (first name revealed in this story; last appearance in Superman #12; next appearance in Action Comics #42)
• Sergeant Casey (last appearance in Superman #13; next appearance in Action Comics #42)

Villain(s)

• The Archer (Quigley; a big game hunter; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Thomas Gayford and his guests (Gayford dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A phony Archer, Amos Kendrick and an unnamed informant (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Superman Archives Vol. 4 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
When Thomas Gayford is murdered by a mysterious Archer, Clark Kent is sent to report the story. The Archer tries to kill Kent and Lois Lane by cutting the brake lines of their car. Kent, is able to use his powers and rescue Lois. Then he tries to track down the Archer.

Lois finds the Archer first when she intercepts a message from an informant. Superman finds Lois and Jimmy Olsen, who has tagged along, in danger, but he arrives in time to rescue them and capture the Archer.