Superman
The 1940 Superman is a non-sports trading card set published by Unknown with 36 cards. Browse the complete checklist, parallel variations, and recent sale prices below.
Catalogued as R146 in the American Card Catalog, this Superman issue measures roughly 2-3/8 by 2-7/8 inches and uses simple three-color artwork, with card titles printed on the outside of the candy boxes and the story text inside. A line describing each entry as one of a series of 48 adventures suggests that more cards were planned. Examples with blank backs, cut directly from the boxes, have also been recorded.
Checklist and set data sourced from Jeff Allender's House of Checklists
price from a graded sale — no raw comp data available
| Own | # | Name | Subject | Type | Variants | Last Sale | Search |
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| 1 | Through the Flames | Through the Flames | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 2 | Smashing the Gangsters | Smashing the Gangsters | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 3 | The Race in the Sky | The Race in the Sky | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 4 | The Armored Car Holdup | The Armored Car Holdup | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 5 | A Lesson for Crooks | A Lesson for Crooks | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 6 | Fumes of Doom | Fumes of Doom | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 7 | Saving the Workmen | Saving the Workmen | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 8 | Breaking the Racket | Breaking the Racket | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 9 | Rescue of the Mayor | Rescue of the Mayor | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 10 | Human Tenpins | Human Tenpins | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 11 | The Toppling Smokestack | The Toppling Smokestack | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 12 | Peril in the Air | Peril in the Air | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 13 | The Bank Robbery | The Bank Robbery | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 14 | The Yellow Mask | The Yellow Mask | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 15 | The Bursting Bomb | The Bursting Bomb | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 16 | The Trap | The Trap | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 17 | Millions in Gold | Millions in Gold | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 18 | The Fight for Peace | The Fight for Peace | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 19 | The Shattered Press | The Shattered Press | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 20 | Through Granite Walls | Through Granite Walls | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 21 | Snatched from Death | Snatched from Death | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 22 | Twisted Steel | Twisted Steel | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 23 | A Shot in the Night | A Shot in the Night | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 24 | Cracked Skulls | Cracked Skulls | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 25 | Fight in Mid-Air | Fight in Mid-Air | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 26 | Trapped in the Glacier | Trapped in the Glacier | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 27 | Trapped in the Air | Trapped in the Air | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 28 | Capture of the Kidnapers | Capture of the Kidnapers | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 29 | The Averted Train Wreck | The Averted Train Wreck | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 30 | Roller Coaster Rescue | Roller Coaster Rescue | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 31 | Superman at the Circus | Superman at the Circus | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 32 | Disaster at the Circus | Disaster at the Circus | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 33 | Superman | Superman | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 34 | Attacked by Sharks | Attacked by Sharks | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 35 | The Runaway Ship | The Runaway Ship | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ | |
| 36 | Mountain Tragedy | Mountain Tragedy | base | 1 | — | eBay ↗ |