Comic Title: Superman Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: October 24, 1989 Shipping Date October 24, 1989
Source: Previews, #8

Shipping Date October 24, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #172

Direct Market Date October 26, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #113, #119

Shipping Date October 26, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #10

Direct Market Date November 16, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #125

Direct Market Date December 14, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #128, #129

Cover Price: $39.95
Page Count: 272
Editor: Richard Bruning

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: (Superman, Gridiron Hero)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #4 (1938)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #3; next appearance in Action Comics #5)

Villain(s)

• A hit-and-run driver (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Coach Randall (Dale University football coach; no further appearances)
• Two hired thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Two train engineers (no further appearances)
• Tommy Burke and Mary (a football player and his girlfriend; no further appearances)
• The Cordell University football team and Oliver Stanley (the coach; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on a text page of Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is summarized.

Synopsis:
Overhearing, the crooked college football coach of Dale University plotting to stock his team with thugs to defeat Dale’s major rival, Cordell University, Superman decides to take action. He imprisons and takes the place of a member of Cordell’s team whom he closely resembles: Tommy Burke, the team’s "champion bench-warmer." With his powers, Superman quickly impresses Cordell’s coach and is put on the roster for the championship game against Dale. Prior to taking the field, Superman (as Burke) confronts Dale’s coach and threatens to expose the coach’s scheme. The coach instructs his hired thugs to take down "Burke," but Superman proves to be more than a match for Dale’s ringers. Shamed, Dale’s coach resigns his position and Burke resumes his identity to enjoy his newfound fame and an early retirement from football.