Comic Title: Superman #40
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: March 1, 1946 Copyright Date February 26, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "There Is No Superman"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Ira Yarbrough
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman #246 (1971)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #40; next appearance in Superman #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #40; next appearance in Superman #40)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #39; next appearance in Superman #40)
• Jimmy Olsen (first name misspelled Jimmie in this story; last appearance in Action Comics #95; next appearance in Action Comics #100)

Villain(s)

• Flatnose Flannigan and his gang (Slugger named; no further appearances)
• "Squint" Ratley, his mob, and some bank robbers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Walter Whiffensniff (no further appearances)
• Bobby Smith (a golfer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor Walter Whiffensniff believes that Superman is a hoax dreamed up by the Daily Planet. He announces his claims and gets the story published in a rival newspaper. Whiffensniff also tries to gather proof that there is no Superman.

Finally Whiffensniff stages a trap for himself. He believes it will prove Superman doesn't exist because only the Man of Steel could save him. While setting up the trap, Whiffensniff sees Superman stop a bank robbery. With the new evidence, he is proven wrong. Unfortunately, the trap is still set to kill him. Superman finishes off the robbers, then rescues the professor, proving once and for all that there is a Superman.