New York World's Fair Comics 2

"Superman at the World's Fair" is the first of eight stories featured in the second and final New York World's Fair Comics comic book special, which was published by Detective Comics, Inc., later known as DC Comics. The story was written by Jerry Siegel with artwork by Jack Burnley (credited as Joe Shuster). Other features in this issue include Red, White, & Blue, Slam Bradley, Zatara, Hourman, the Sandman, Johnny Thunderbolt and Batman & Robin. The cover art illustration for this issue was rendered by Jack Burnley and all stories were edited by Whitney Ellsworth. This issue shipped in July, 1940 and carries a cover price of .15 cents per copy.

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Notes & Trivia

 * This issue was only given out at the 1940 New York World's Fair on July 3rd, 1940. This day is also known as "Superman Day".


 * Total page count on this volume is 100-pages.


 * This issue costs .10 cents less than the 1939 edition of the title.


 * This is Jack Burnley's first professional comic book work. He is also the first artist to draw Superman after Joe Shuster.