| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Alex Sinclair | Superman; Brainiac |
| 1 | Blank Pages | blank page(s) | 2 | | |
| 2 | Showcase Presents Superman | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan, Al Plastino; inks: Stan Kaye, Al Plastino | Superman; Brainiac |
| 3 | Table of Contents | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 4 | letters: typeset | |
| 4 | The Super-Key to Fort Superman! [Action Comic #241 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 5 | The Super-Key to Fort Superman | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Batman; Joker (on trophy) |
| 6 | The Super-Sergeant! [Superman #122 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 7 | The Secret of the Space Souvenirs | comic story | 8 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane |
| 8 | Superman in the White House | comic story | 8 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane |
| 9 | The Super-Sergeant | comic story | 8 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Sgt. Jones; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen |
| 10 | The Super-Duel in Space! [Action Comics #242 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Brainiac |
| 11 | The Super-Duel in Space | comic story | 13 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Brainiac; Lois Lane; Koko; Kimda; Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo) |
| 12 | The Girl of Steel! [Superman #123 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Super-Girl |
| 13 | The Girl of Steel | comic story | 26 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Super-Girl; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jor-El; Lara; Kil-Lor |
| 14 | The Lady and the Lion! [Action Comics #243 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane |
| 15 | The Lady and the Lion | comic story | 12 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Circe; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen |
| 16 | The Black Knight's Super-Sword! [Superman #124 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 17 | The Super-Sword | comic story | 8 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; "Bull" Mathews |
| 18 | Mrs. Superman | comic story | 7.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Chief Mawmba |
| 19 | The Steeplejack of Steel | comic story | 8 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Bart Benson |
| 20 | Superman's Undersea Kingdom! [Action Comics #244 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 21 | The Super-Merman of the Sea | comic story | 12 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Vul-Kor (villain); Lya-La (villain) |
| 22 | The Shrinking Superman! [Action Comics #245 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul |
| 23 | The Shrinking Superman | comic story | 12.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul (villain) |
| 24 | Superman's New Power! [Superman #125 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 25 | Lois Lane's Super-Dream | comic story | 7.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane |
| 26 | Clark Kent's College Days | comic story | 9.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Thaddeus V. Maxwell |
| 27 | Superman's New Power! | comic story | 7.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane |
| 28 | The Doom from Krypton! [Action Comics #246 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 29 | Krypton on Earth! | comic story | 12.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jonas Smith |
| 30 | The Return of Superman's Lost Parents! [Action Comics #247 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Cedric Carson [as Jonathan Kent]; Millicent Carson [as Martha Kent] |
| 31 | Superman's Lost Parents! | comic story | 12.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman; Cedric Carson [as Jonathan Kent] (villain); Millicent Carson [as Martha Kent] (villain); Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (statue, image); Lois Lane; Superman robots; Lana Lang (image); Professor Lang (image) |
| 32 | Superman's Lost Identity! [Superman #126 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 33 | Superman's Hunt for Clark Kent! | comic story | 9.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent; also as Clarence Kelvin]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen |
| 34 | The Spell of the Shandu Clock | comic story | 8 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Shandu; Perry White; The Fallon Gang (Intro) |
| 35 | The Two Faces of Superman! | comic story | 7.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger | Superman; Lois Lane; Chet Hartley |
| 36 | The Man No Prison Could Hold! [Action Comics #248 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Von Kamp; Congorilla (inset) |
| 37 | The Man No Prison Could Hold! | comic story | 11.67 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Von Kamp (villain) |
| 38 | Titano! [Superman #127 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Titano |
| 39 | When There Was No Clark Kent! | comic story | 8.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley | Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White |
| 40 | The Make-Believe Superman! | comic story | 7.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Tommy Winters; Harry Winters |
| 41 | Titano the Super-Ape! | comic story | 7.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Titano [Toto] |
| 42 | The Kryptonite Man! [Action Comics #249 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lex Luthor |
| 43 | The Kryptonite Man! | comic story | 12.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen |
| 44 | The Eye of Metropolis! [Action Comics #250 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; John Bates |
| 45 | The Eye of Metropolis! | comic story | 12.67 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; John Bates; Perry White; Lois Lane |
| 46 | Superman Duels the Futuremen! [Superman #128 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 47 | Superman Versus the Futuremen | comic story | 17.33 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Vard; Boka; Perry White; Lois Lane |
| 48 | The Sleeping Beauty from Krypton! | comic story | 8.67 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lara (in picture); Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 49 | The Oldest Man in Metropolis! [Action Comics #251 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 50 | The Oldest Man in Metropolis! | comic story | 12.67 | script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Prof. Vance; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Superman robot; The Clock (villain) |
| 51 | The Ghost of Lois Lane! [Superman #129 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White |
| 52 | The Ghost of Lois Lane | comic story | 8.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Professor Grail |
| 53 | Clark Kent, Fireman of Steel! | comic story | 6.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent] |
| 54 | The Girl in Superman's Past! | comic story | 9.67 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris; Lois Lane |
| 55 | The Supergirl from Krypton! [Action Comics #252 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Al Plastino | Superman; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] |
| 56 | The Menace of Metallo! | comic story | 12.67 | script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (unnamed) |
| 57 | The Supergirl from Krypton! | comic story | 7.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, origin); Zor-El (introduction, flashback); Miss Hart (introduction); Superboy (on a poster) |
| 58 | The War between Jimmy Olsen and Superman! [Action Comics #253 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Jimmy Olsen |
| 59 | The War between Superman and Jimmy Olsen! | comic story | 11.67 | script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; El Gar Kur (villain) |
| 60 | The Town That Hated Superman! [Superman #130 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 61 | The Curse of Kryptonite! | comic story | 6.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent; also as Superboy]; Superman robots; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); Krypto |
| 62 | The Super-Servant of Crime | comic story | 6.67 | script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Giunta | Superman; Mark Mulloy; Baldy; Perry White |
| 63 | The Town That Hated Superman! | comic story | 10.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Bruce Cyrus |
| 64 | The Battle with Bizarro! [Action Comics #254 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Bizarro |
| 65 | The Battle with Bizarro! | comic story | 11.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro; Lex Luthor; Vekko; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane |
| 66 | Superman's Future Wife! [Superman #131 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 67 | The Menace of Mr. Mxyzptlk! | comic story | 8.67 | script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Lois Lane |
| 68 | Superman's Future Wife! | comic story | 7.67 | script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger | Superman; Lois Lane |
| 69 | The Unknown Super-Deeds! | comic story | 7.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superboy [Clark Kent]; Martha Kent; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen |
| 70 | The Bride of Bizarro! [Action Comics #255 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois Lane |
| 71 | The Bride of Bizarro! | comic story | 11.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois Lane; New Bizarro |
| 72 | The Superman of the Future! [Action Comics #256 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane |
| 73 | The Superman of the Future | comic story | 11.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman; Lois Lane; Dirk Folgar [Agent X-3] (villain) |
| 74 | Superman's Other Life! [Superman #132 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Kal-El [Superman]; Futuro |
| 75 | Superman's Other Life | comic story | 24 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Kal-El]; Jor-El; Lara; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Zal-El; Xan-Du [Futuro]; Lois Lane |
| 76 | Clark Kent, the Reporter of Steel! [Action Comics #257 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor |
| 77 | The Reporter of Steel! | comic story | 12 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robots; Lex Luthor (villain) |
| 78 | Superman Joins the Army! [Superman #133 cover] | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 79 | The Super-Luck of Badge 77 | comic story | 8.67 | script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Police Chief Smith; Lois Lane |
| 80 | How Perry White Hired Clark Kent! | comic story | 8.67 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White |
| 81 | Superman Joins the Army! | comic story | 8.67 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman [Clark Kent]; Captain Jonathan Grimes; Lois Lane; Perry White |
| 82 | Superman Logo | illustration | 13.22 | | |
| 83 | Superman Volume 1 | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: (various); inks: (various) | |