Superman #1 (1939) collection
Superman #1
Original cover
Original Superman #1 (1939) cover, establishing this lineage.
- Cover artist
- Joe Shuster, Leo O’Mealia
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Published
- May 18, 1939
- Cover characters
- Superman (Clark Kent)
- Homage to
- Superman #1 (1939)
- Research status
- Verified
- Homage type
- Original cover
- Catalog ID
- superman1-0000
Edition details
Research notes and sources
Summer 1939 cover date. Native DC Universe Infinite digital master 1213×1650; full original Shuster flying pose and trade dress, clean white areas, no external mat. Digital restoration has black side/bottom text and black 10¢ compared with red text on surviving early physical scans. Disclosed digital presentation, not claimed scan of a particular first-print copy. No local recoloring/upscaling/cropping.
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