| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray | Superman [Clark Kent] |
| 1 | Another Message to Our Readers | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | City in the Stratosphere | comic story | 13 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: Siegel and Shuster Studio | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen [cameo]; Carl Bransom; Nick Flaerty; John Standing; Freeman Chase; Luthor [as Zytal] (villain, bald); Jake Mobray (villain, death) Dirk Chadwick (villain, death) |
| 3 | Supermen of America | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | Superman |
| 5 | The Origin of the Vigilante | comic story | 8 | script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (introduction, origin); Killer Kelly; Betty Stuart; Van Ardsley |
| 6 | The Ship Spies | comic story | 4 | pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff | The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie; unnamed cutthroats (villains) |
| 7 | Still at the Top! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 8 | Revolution in Central America! | comic story | 6 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf | Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]; Miguel Miranda (villain) |
| 10 | The Origin of Fatman | comic story | 8 | script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily | Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley] (origin as Fatman); The Queen Bee (villain) |
| 11 | Missing Masterpiece | text story | 1 | script: Sidney Drew | Peter Projak; Frau Projak |
| 12 | Dead or Alive | text story | 0.67 | script: Wilton Weston; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye | Killer Manon |
| 14 | Jokes | cartoon | 0.5 | script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff | John; McGurk |
| 15 | What a Cast! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.25 | letters: typeset | |
| 17 | - | comic story | 6 | script: Fred Ray; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray | Congo Bill; Sheila Hanlen; Professor James Kent; Hugo Von Eller; Winters; Tomkins (villain) |
| 18 | Black Fire by Corvelle Newcomb | in-house column | 0.33 | script: Josette Frank | Henri Christophe |
| 20 | Different! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.5 | letters: typeset | |
| 21 | Action! Thrills! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.67 | | |
| 23 | The Man Who Could Control Minds | comic story | 9 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph Sulman | Zatara; The Tigress (villain); Frosty Parke (villain) |