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 Black Gang)
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 Superman #7; next appearance in Action Comics #31)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Action Comics #31)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Superman #8)
• Sergeant Casey (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Superman #8)

Villain(s)

• Peter Peeker, Frank Jordan, Jane Day, and the Black Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Kennedy (editor of the Morning Pictorial; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Lois and Clark go undercover to a nightclub to get the story on a band of crooks called the Black Gang. During the evening the couple is approached by Frank Jordan and Jane Day. Jane convinces Clark to take her home in a cab. The cab is pulled over by the Black Gang, but Clark escapes.

Lois leaves with Jordan, and he kidnaps her for her jewels. When he and the Black Gang discover that she is a reporter and not a high society gal, they decide to kill her. Superman arrives in time to save Lois and catch the gang, recovering evidence to convict them including a reporter, Peter Peeker, who works for a rival newspaper and was a member of the gang.