| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Stan Kaye | Superman |
| 1 | Foreword | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 4 | script: Jim Amash | |
| 2 | World's Finest Comics 16 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 3 | Music for the Masses | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Holloway (store floor walker); Jimmy Royce; Doris Dawson; Sue; George Cummings (music publisher); J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain) |
| 4 | World's Finest Comics 17 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 5 | The Great Godini! | comic story | 12 | script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Easy Pickens (introduction); Alphonse Swing (villain, theatrical booking agent); "Three Finger" Jack Schack (villain); Sappy (villain); Gunner (villain) |
| 6 | World's Finest Comics 18 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 7 | The Junior Reporters! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Tommy Blake; Pete Blake (villain, Tommy's brother); Harvey Stratton (villain) |
| 8 | World's Finest Comics 19 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang, Jack Burnley; inks: Dick Sprang, Jack Burnley | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 9 | The Battle of the Zodiac! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Apollo; Orion; Neptune; Jupiter; Aba Raja (villain) |
| 10 | World's Finest Comics 20 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 11 | The Toyman: Super-Scientist! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Don Komisarow | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Inspector Kerrigan; Professor Vining; The Toyman (villain) |
| 12 | World's Finest Comics 21 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 13 | The Plane of Tomorrow! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: George Roussos | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Bill Minton; Mr. Nicholson; Loops Logan (villain); Tommy (villain) |
| 14 | World's Finest Comics 22 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 15 | The Colossus of Metropolis! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (?); Frank Bushwick; Coleman Lacy; Mary Dashiell; Ray Morris; Arthur Wingham; Gerald Keene |
| 16 | World's Finest Comics 23 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 17 | The Siege of Aurora Roost! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; John "The Duke" Borealis; Charlie Chinook (butler to Borealis); Wolf (villain); Rawhide (villain) |
| 18 | World's Finest Comics 24 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 19 | Impossible but True! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jerry (Planet newsroom boy); Olga Olmstead; Mr. Olmstead (Olga's father); Mr. Upjohn (radio program director); Posy Edwards (villain); Nick (villain); Archie (villain) |
| 20 | World's Finest Comics 25 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 21 | Mad Weather in Metropolis! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Joe Parkus; Mrs. Parkus; Ed Rook (villain); Slapsy (villain) |
| 22 | World's Finest Comics 26 | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 23 | The Confessions of Superman | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Benny Call; The Prankster (villain, cameo); Mr. Mxyztplk (villain, cameo); Lex Luthor (villain, cameo); Meadows (villain, Call's butler) |
| 24 | World's Finest Comics 27 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 25 | The Man Who Out-Supered Superman! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Margie Crosby; Nelson Swayne |
| 26 | World's Finest Comics 28 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; One Round Riley |
| 27 | Superman's Super-Self! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain); Biff (villain); Hike (villain) |
| 28 | World's Finest Comics 29 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 29 | The Books That Couldn't Be Bound! | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Barney Vellum |
| 30 | World's Finest Comics 30 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 31 | Sheriff Clark Kent | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Ed Hollis (Mayor of Saddle Fork); Roaring Pete (Deputy); Catawampus Jones (villain, prospector); the Rockdust Bandits [Hardpan, others unnamed](villains) |
| 32 | World's Finest Comics 31 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 33 | Superman's Super Rival | comic story | 12 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Paul Laverne; Mike (fight manager); Dan the Dunce (villain, introduction) |
| 34 | World's Finest Comics 32 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 35 | The Seventh Wonder of the World | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Ali; Mä-Kläk (General of the King's soldiers); King Cheops; General Isen-Ho; Jo-Milla (court scribe); Na-Tse (villain, a high priest, dies) |