| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Joe Shuster | Clark Kent, Superman |
| 2 | Superman, America's Greatest Adventure Strip Character! | illustration | 1 | pencils: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy; inks: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy | Clark Kent, Superman |
| 3 | Superman versus Luthor | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster, Bernard Baily; inks: Joe Shuster, Bernard Baily | Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Superman, George Taylor |
| 4 | Attaining Super-Strength | comic story | 1 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Tommy Blake |
| 5 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred Schwab | Shorty (a dog) |
| 6 | Bill Dickey | cartoon | 1 | script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Paul Muni (actor); Bill Dickey (baseball player) |
| 7 | Luthor's Undersea City | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster, Creig Flessel; inks: Joe Shuster, Creig Flessel | Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Superman, George Taylor |
| 8 | Supermen of America | in-house column | 1 | pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Superman |
| 9 | Changer of Destiny | text story | 1.9 | script: Hugh Langley; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | George Rankin (death); the Crime King [Spurnelli] (villain, death); the President of the United States (unnamed) |
| 12 | The Economic Enemy | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster, Bob Kane; inks: Joe Shuster, Bob Kane; letters: Joe Shuster | Clark Kent, Superman, George Taylor |
| 13 | Superman Says | public service announcement | 1 | pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Superman [Clark Kent] |
| 14 | - | cartoon | 1 | script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp | Ed Barnett (one-armed football player); Mrs. D. Beach |
| 15 | Six Big Headline Features for the 'Big Six' Comic Magazines! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | script: ? (promo copy); pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | Superman; The Sandman; The Batman; Ultraman; The Spectre; The Flash |
| 16 | Pioneer Into the Unknown | text story | 1 | script: Bert Lexington | James Rolland (death); Professor Greystroke (scientist-inventor); Bixby (press agent) |
| 17 | Terror in the Trucker's Union | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Clark Kent, Superman, George Taylor |
| 18 | Superman Appears in Action Comics! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Paul Cassidy | Superman |