Comic Title: Superman #14
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1942
On Sale Date: November 7, 1941 Newsstand Date November 7, 1941
Source: House Ad, Sensation Comics #1, Page 64

Copyright Date November 1, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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 Lightning Master"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Leo Nowak

Reprinted In:
Superman Archives Vol. 4 HC (1994)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 8 TPB (2010)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 4 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #41; next appearance in All-Star Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #41; next appearance in All-Star Squadron Annual #3)
• Sergeant Casey (last appearance in Action Comics #41; next appearance in Superman #13)

Villain(s)

• Lightning Master (appears to die in this story; next appearance in All-Star Squadron Annual #3)

Other Character(s)

• The Mayor of Metropolis (no further appearances)

Comments:
The Lightning Master appears to be killed at the end of this story, but he later returns in All-Star Squadron Annual #3, so his death may have been faked.

The events in All-Star Squadron Annual #3 clearly take place after this story, but they also occur immediately following the events depicted in All-Star Comics #7 which was published several months before this story. Therefore, this story likely relates events which occur chronologically prior to All-Star Comics #7 and have merely being recorded at a later time.

Synopsis:
A new villain, the Lightning Master, blackmails the city of Metropolis, threatening to destroy it with lightning. Lois Lane who has been called to deliver the threat to the public, sees the Lightning Master’s real face, forcing him to try and execute her. Superman arrives in time to rescue her and after several attempts captures the Lightning Master, but not before the villain is electrocuted by his own machines.