Comic Title: Superman #7
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1940
On Sale Date: September 10, 1940 Newsstand Date September 10, 1940
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #29, Page 15, Detective Comics #44, Page 14

Copyright Date September 6, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Three Kingpins of Crime)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Joe Shuster
Inker: Wayne Boring

Reprinted In:
Superman Archives Vol. 2 HC (1990)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 4 TPB (2008)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #30; next appearance in Superman #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #30; next appearance in Superman #7)
• Perry White (editor of the Daily Planet; first name not given; next appearance in Superman #7)
• Sergeant Casey (last appearance in Action Comics #29; next appearance in Superman #7)

Villain(s)

• Mike Moran, Billings, and Nick Norton (three underworld kingpins; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• George Lash (a district attorney; no further appearances)
• Grace Lash (George’s wife; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Police Chief Watson (no further appearances)

Comments:
The editor of the Daily Planet is now Perry White, simply called White in this story. No explanation for the replacement of George Taylor is given.

This story was originally not titled.

Synopsis:
The district attorney, George Lash is quoted by Clark Kent to be going after gang bosses, Moran, Billings, and Norton. Later, Superman sees Lash in a drunken stupor, drugged by criminals. Investigating, he learns that Lash’s wife was murdered, and Lash is the prime suspect.

Convinced of Lash’s innocence, Superman follows the gangsters and locates a document exonerating Lash. Superman also brings in Nick Norton who he suspects is the real killer. He tricks Norton into confessing his crime to the police and framing Lash.