Comic Title: Action Comics #6
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1938
Approx. On Sale Date: October 4, 1938 Copyright Date September 26, 1938
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1938
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: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: (The Man Who Sold Superman)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Joe Shuster
Inker: Paul Cassidy

Reprinted In:
Superman #3 (1940)
Superman Archives Vol. 1 HC (1989)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Lois Lane:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #5; next appearance in Action Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #5; next appearance in Action Comics #7)
• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #5; next appearance in Action Comics #7)
• Jimmy Olsen (called "Office Boy" in this story; next appearance in Action Comics #10)

Villain(s)

• Nick Williams and an actor dressed as Superman (scam artists; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A club singer (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on a text page of Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is summarized.

The office boy in this story is later identified as Jimmy Olsen; first name given in the second story of Superman #13; last name revealed in the first story of Superman #15.

Synopsis:
Clark Kent is introduced to Nick Williams, who claims to be Superman’s personal manager. Clark, secretly Superman, decides to trap Williams and takes him up on his offer for a personal interview with the Man of Steel. Lois Lane learns of Clark’s interview and sets a trap of her own. Convincing Clark that she has finally "come to her senses," Lois has him escort her for a night on the town before his interview. While at a swank nightclub, she drugs Clark and races to keep his appointment with Williams and Superman. The drug has no effect on Clark’s nervous system, and he follows Lois as Superman. Lois is unconvinced by the actor Williams hired to play Superman and threatens to uncover the scam. To keep Lois from carrying out her threat, Williams and the actor push her out an open window, but Superman arrives in time to save her and expose Williams as the fraud he is.