| 0 | Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 | cover | 1 | pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine; editing: Jacob Covey | The Flame [Gary Preston] |
| 1 | - | illustration | 2 | pencils: Ralph Johns | Silver Streak |
| 2 | Green Mask | illustration | 1 | | Green Mask; Domino |
| 3 | Rex Dexter of Mars | illustration | 1 | pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine | Rex Dexter |
| 4 | Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 | credits, title page | 2 | pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | Silver Streak; Dr. Mystic; The Clock; Dan Hastings; ?; The Flame; Yarko the Great; Rex Dexter; Cosmic Carson; Stardust; The Comet; Fero; Fantomah; Marvelo; The Face; Skyman; Silver Streak; Daredevil; Spacehawk; Sub-Zero; Blue Bolt |
| 5 | Contents | credits, title page | 2 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 6 | Foreword | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 4 | script: Jonathan Lethem | |
| 7 | Dr. Mystic | comic story | 2 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; editing: William Cook | |
| 8 | Funny Pages; Funny Picture Stories; Detective Picture Stories | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Tony Yuknis, W. M. Allison; inks: Tony Yuknis, W. M. Allison | |
| 9 | The Clock | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: George Brenner; inks: George Brenner | |
| 10 | Murder by Proxy | comic story | 7 | script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George Brenner; editing: William Cook | |
| 11 | - | comic story | 4 | script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; editing: Harry "A" Chesler | |
| 12 | Skyrocket Steele | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett | Skyrocket Steele |
| 13 | Dirk and the Demon | comic story | 3 | script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett | |
| 14 | The Flame | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Lou Fine, Will Eisner; inks: Lou Fine; editing: Victor Fox | |
| 15 | Mystery Men Comics #1 | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine | |
| 16 | The Flame | comic story | 9 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine | |
| 17 | Mystery Men Comics #2 | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine | |
| 18 | Yarko the Great | comic story | 8 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | |
| 19 | - | comic story | 6 | script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer | |
| 20 | Cosmic Cason | comic story | 8 | script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby | |
| 21 | Samson | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Will Eisner, Lou Fine; inks: Will Eisner, Lou Fine | Samson |
| 22 | The Flame #3; The Green Mask #3 | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve, Chuck Cuidera; inks: Arturo Cazeneuve, Chuck Cuidera | |
| 23 | - | comic story | 8 | script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks | |
| 24 | The Shield | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick | |
| 25 | - | comic story | 7 | script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | |
| 26 | The Big 5 | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various | |
| 27 | Look for the Bull's-Eye When You Buy! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 28 | Flint Baker | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | |
| 29 | Fero, Planet Detective | comic story | 5 | script: Al Bryant; pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant | |
| 30 | - | comic story | 7 | script: Fletcher Hanks; pencils: Fletcher Hanks; inks: Fletcher Hanks | |
| 31 | Big Shot Comics subscription | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Ogden Whitney; inks: Ogden Whitney | |
| 32 | Marvelo | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ogden Whitney; inks: Ogden Whitney | |
| 33 | Marvelo | comic story | 8 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 34 | - | comic story | 6 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mart Bailey; inks: Mart Bailey | |
| 35 | - | comic story | 11 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Ogden Whitney; inks: Ogden Whitney | |
| 36 | The Claw Returns! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | |
| 37 | The Claw Returns! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | |
| 38 | - | comic story | 11 | script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | |
| 39 | Daredevil Battles the Claw: Part 1 | comic story | 16 | script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | The Claw, Daredevil, Bart Hill |
| 40 | For the Whole Family | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: various | |
| 41 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton | |
| 42 | - | comic story | 10 | script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton | |
| 43 | - | comic story | 10 | script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett | |
| 44 | Rocky Roberts Takes Over | comic story | 10 | script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon, Al Avison, Al Gabriele | |
| 45 | Notes | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 6 | script: Greg Sadowski | |
| 46 | Acknowledgements / Indicia | credits, title page | 1 | script: Greg Sadowski | |
| 47 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon, Al Avison, Al Gabriele | |
| 48 | Boom! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | |