(August 1977)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
40
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-05-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041008
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #143.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed as KS)
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed as KS)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Joe Letterese ?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are seven Supermen on this stage...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Dr. Light; Johnny Nevada
Reprints
Keywords
imposters

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #474
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Will the Real Superman Please Show Up? (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Morris Waldinger
Job Number
S-2632
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]; Gregory Reed; Johnny Nevada; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard
Synopsis
Superman battles Dr. Light while preventing Light from discovering his secret identity.
Reprints

Volume 77 Issue 22 - Week of May 30, 1977 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

One for the Money! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Private Life of Clark Kent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Toomey
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda (sourced)
Job Number
S-2579
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis
Superman deals with a guy who keeps trying to steal a winning lottery ticket.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (signed as E. N. B.)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-2649
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["There are seven Supermen on this stage..."]
    Superman
  2. 1. Will the Real Superman Please Show Up?
    Superman
  3. 2. Volume 77 Issue 22 - Week of May 30, 1977
    Daily Planet
  4. 3. One for the Money!
    The Private Life of Clark Kent
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
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  • Lou Mazzella
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
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  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
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