Object label
DC Comics · Comics · Superman · 1940
Superman #4
Superman · 1940
When Clark Kent begins to investigate a new weapon being tested by the Army that artificially causes earthquakes, little does he know that Lex Luthor is hot on the trail of securing the plans for that invention, one way or the other.
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Superman #4 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like Fred Guardineer, Fred Schwab, and George Papp, and story context. The important part is not just the issue record, but how it connects into runs, appearances, and adjacent covers.
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Superman #4 is a comics collectible connected to DC Comics and Superman. Useful collector signals include release year 1940, issue #4, and artist context from George Papp, Whitney Ellsworth, and Jerry Siegel. Superman has 7 catalogued releases on GrailHub, making this page a route into completion, variants, and nearby objects.
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Collector notes
Superman #4 is a comics entry for issue #4 in Superman from 1940. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.
DC Comics pages connect this issue back to its publisher, series, creators, and related issues. For comic collectors, those links matter because discovery often starts with a character, creative team, first appearance, or a run of issues rather than one isolated record.
Characters associated with this issue include George Taylor, Kal-L, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, and Superman.
Series context
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Superman groups related comics entries from DC Comics, so collectors can move from this object into nearby releases instead of treating it as a standalone record.
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- 7 objects
- Release span
- 1939-1940
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- Source ID
- 39549
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