bˈɜːnli ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli lˈɛft tə wˈɜːk ˌɔn hɪz ˈoʊn kˈɑːmɪk bˈʊk, stˈɑːɹmən, bˌʌt dˈɪd ɹᵻtˈɜːn tə pˈɛnsəl ðə sˈuːpɚmˌæn sˈʌndeɪz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi θɹˈiː.
Burnley eventually left to work on his own comic book, Starman, but did return to pencil the Superman Sundays in 1943.