Comic Title: Superman #9
Publisher: DC (Superman, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1941
On Sale Date: January 3, 1941 Newsstand Date January 3, 1941
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #33, Page 26, Detective Comics #48, Page 55

Copyright Date January 3, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941


Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Phony Pacifists)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Paul Cassidy

Reprinted In:
Superman Archives Vol. 3 HC (1991)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 5 TPB (2008)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #33; next appearance in Superman #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #33; next appearance in Superman #9)
• Sergeant Casey (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Superman #9)

Villain(s)

• Derwing and his men (foreign agents; some die in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Major Lester (a military officer; no further appearances)
• Senator Galsworthy (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Lois and Clark stumble upon a secret military depot. When Lois investigates, she is arrested for espionage. A group of real spies try to destroy the depoy, but Superman intervenes. The spies kill themselves and destroy their submarine to avoid capture.

Clark returns to the depot and arranges for Lois to be released. As he is given more information he spots more spies attempting to blow up the depot. Again he stops them as Superman, but he lets the leader, Derwing, escape.

Derwing is the leader of the Committee Against Militarism. The group’s goal is to prevent the U.S. from rearming for pacifistic reasons, but it secretly is in the hands of a foreign power. Superman records damaging statements from Derwing, exposing the spy to Senator Galsworthy and breaking up the ring.