Comic Title: Superman #17
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1942
On Sale Date: May 6, 1942 Newsstand Date May 6, 1942
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #49, Page 16

Copyright Date May 5, 1942
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 Human Bomb"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Leo Nowak

Reprinted In:
Superman Archives Vol. 5 HC (2000)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 9 TPB (2011)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 5 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #17; next appearance in Superman #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #17; next appearance in Superman #17)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #17; next appearance in Superman #17)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Action Comics #49; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #6)
• Sergeant Casey (last appearance in Superman #16; next appearance in Action Comics #51)

Villain(s)

• Watkins (a criminal hypnotist; no further appearances)
• The human bombs (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A group of hypnotized men with bombs strapped to their chests beginning a series of robberies in Metropolis. If they are interferred with, they set off the bombs killing themselves. Superman traces the men back to a man named Watkins. The crook has strapped a bomb to Lois, forcing Superman to obey his orders. The Man of Steel eventually beats Watkins and breaks his hypnotic hold on Lois and the other human bombs.