Comic Title: Superman #41
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: May 1, 1946 Copyright Date April 29, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Clark Kent's Bodyguard"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Penciller: Sam Citron
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #41; next appearance in Superman #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #41; next appearance in Superman #41)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #41; next appearance in Superman #41)

Other Character(s)

• Pat Malarky (a bodyguard; no further appearances)
• Mike Ixnay (a promoter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
After saving Lois from trouble again, Superman lectures her about being more careful. Perry White hears the lecture. He decides to hire bodyguards for Lois and Clark Kent so that Superman isn't forced to rescue them all the time.

Clark is upset that he is forced to have a bodyguard which interferes with his duties as Superman. When he interviews a fight promoter, a fight between Clark and the bodyguard, Pat Malarky, is proposed. Clark is trapped and must go through with the fight.

Clark arranges for the match to be a draw, but Malarky still refuses to give up his job as Clark's bodyguard. Finally Clark decides to give Malarky a chance to bodyguard a big shot. He hires Malarky to bodyguard Superman. Malarky is unable to keep up with the Man of Steel, and Clark is finally free of his unwanted protector.