Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn]

(1983)

Foreword (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jenette Kahn

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typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

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typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

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?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938)

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In color.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

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Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)

Indexer Notes

In color.

Superman in the 1930s (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

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Letters:

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Content Information

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superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #7 (December 1938), #13 (June 1939), #15 (August 1939)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #2 (Fall 1939), #3 (Winter 1939)

Superman in the 1940s (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 3 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #4 (Spring 1940), #7 (November-December 1940), #12 (September-October 1941), #14 (January-February 1942), #17 (July-August 1942), #18 (September-October 1942), #19 (November-December 1942), #20 (January-February 1943), #22 (May-June 1943), #23 (July-August 1943), #25 (November-December 1943), #26 (January-February 1944), #29 (July-August 1944), #32 (January-February 1945), #38 (January-February 1946), #41 (July-August 1946), #45 (March-April 1947), #50 (January-February 1948)

[Revolution in San Monte pt I] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

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Content Information

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superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (June 1938) [pp. 6-18]
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)

Indexer Notes

First 2 pages in color.

[Revolution in San Monte pt II] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Letters:

?

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superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #2 (July 1938)

[Luthor's Earthquake Machine] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Letters:

?

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #4 (Spring 1940)

[The Sky Sub] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Letters:

?

Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #10 (May-June 1941)

[The Light] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Leo Nowak

Inks:

Leo Nowak

Letters:

?

Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13 (November-December 1941)

[The Archer] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Leo Nowak

Inks:

Leo Nowak

Letters:

?

Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #13 (November-December 1941)

How Clark Kent Met Lois Lane (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bill Finger

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Inks:

John Sikela ?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #128 (May 1948)

Man or Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

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? (Joe Shuster shop)

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? (Joe Shuster shop)

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #17 (July-August 1942)

Indexer Notes

1 page cut.

Case of the Funny Paper Crimes (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka ?

Inks:

John Sikela

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 (November-December 1942)

Superman, Matinee Idol (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Letters:

?

Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #19 (November-December 1942)

Indexer Notes

Cut: page 11 panel 3 and page 12 panel 2.

America's Secret Weapon (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Sam Citron ?

Inks:

John Sikela

Letters:

?

Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #23 (July-August 1943)

The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Ira Yarbrough

Inks:

Ira Yarbrough

Letters:

?

Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #30 (September-October 1944)

Lois Lane, Superwoman (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils:

John Sikela

Inks:

John Sikela

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #45 (March-April 1947)

Indexer Notes

The reprint is taken from a British reprint that had some changes, such as guineas instead of dollars.

The Battle of the Atoms (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Sam Citron

Inks:

Sam Citron

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #38 (January-February 1946)

Superman in the 1950s (Table of Contents)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #60 (September-October 1949), #66 (September-October 1950), #71 (July-August 1951), #76 (May-June 1952), #87 (February 1954)
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #201 (February 1955)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #101 (November 1955), #103 (February 1956)
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #224 (January 1957)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #110 (January 1957)
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #227 (April 1957)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #113 (May 1957), #116 (September 1957), #118 (January 1958), #119 (February 1958), #122 (July 1958), #123 (August 1958), #124 (September 1958), #127 (February 1959), #129 (May 1959), #131 (August 1959), #132 (October 1959), #133 (November 1959), #135 (February 1960)

Superman in the 1960s (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 4 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #285 (February 1962)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #155 (August 1962), #158 (January 1963), #161 (May 1963), #164 (October 1963), #169 (May 1964), #171 (August 1964), #173 (November 1964), #174 (January 1965), #175 (February 1965), #181 (November 1965), #183 (January 1966)
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #340 (August 1966)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #191 (November 1966), #194 (February 1967), #198 (July 1967)
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #356 (November 1967), #358 (January 1968), #359 (February 1968)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #204 (February 1968)
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #361 (March 1968)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #206 (May 1968)
• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #364 (June 1968)
• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #209 (August 1968)

Black Magic on Mars (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

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Wayne Boring ?

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Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #62 (January-February 1950)

The Girls in Superman's Life (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

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Content Information

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superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #78 (September-October 1952)

The Terrible Trio (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lex Luthor; Toyman; Prankster

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #88 (March 1954)

The Girl in Superman's Past (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Wayne Boring

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?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lori Lemaris (Introduction); Lois Lane

Synopsis:

Superman recalls his college romance with Lori Lemaris, a mermaid from sunken Atlantis.

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959)

The Supergirl from Krypton! (Table of Contents)

Supergirl / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, first appearance, origin); Zor-El (introduction); Miss Hart (introduction)

Synopsis:

Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959)

The Super-Duel in Space (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Brainiac (Introduction); Lois Lane; Koko; Kimda; Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo)

Synopsis:

While on an experimental rocket, Clark and Lois encounter the alien Brainiac, who plans to shrink and bottle the great cities of Earth and then use them to repopulate his planet. Superman gets inside Brainiac’s ship when the villain snatches Metropolis and there finds a bottle with the Kryptonian city of Kandor. He enters the bottle and with the help of a scientist there restores the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for his trip home. Because there is not enough power to restore Kandor, Superman places the city in his Fortress, as Brainiac rockets away empty-handed.

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)

Indexer Notes

First Kandor (bottle city).

How Luthor Met Superboy! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [Kal-El, a.k.a. Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (origin); Krypto; Jonathon Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang

Synopsis:

Young Lex and Superboy start out as friends, but after Superboy accidentally destroys Luthor's laboratory and accidentally causes Lex to lose his hair, Luthor vows revenge.

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• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271 (April 1960)

The Showdown Between Luthor and Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

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Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Letters:

?

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Genre:

superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #164 (October 1963)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Lexor.

Superman in the 1970s (Table of Contents)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #249 (March 1972), #250 (April 1972), #265 (July 1973), #273 (March 1974), #296 (February 1976), #307 (January 1977)

Superman in the 1970s (Table of Contents)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #388 (May 1970), #389 (June 1970), #393 (October 1970), #394 (November 1970), #399 (April 1971), #400 (May 1971)

The Origin of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell; Carmine Infantino (plot)

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino (Layouts); Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (Editorial Advisor, original); E. Nelson Bridwell (Assistant Editor, original); Sol Harrison (original)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Kal-El, aka Clark Kent] (origin); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White

Synopsis:

Superman's origin is retold.

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• from The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series) #[nn] (1973)

Indexer Notes

In color. Comic's plot credit is dubious. This is based strongly on the corresponding story in Superman #53.

The Pied Piper of Steel (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #398 (March 1971)

Superman, You're Dead...Dead...Dead (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #399 (April 1971)

Superman in the 1980s (Table of Contents)

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #322 (April 1978), #323 (May 1978), #340 (October 1979), #344 (February 1980), #363 (September 1981)

Indexer Notes

from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #322; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #323; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #340; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #344; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #363; from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #508

The Miraculous Return of Jonathan Kent (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

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Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

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Genre:

superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #507 (May 1980)

The Secret World of Jonathan Kent (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Frank Chiaramonte

Letters:

Ben Oda

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

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Genre:

superhero

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #508 (June 1980)