Superman
#68
([March 1953])
K. G. Murray,
1947 Series
- Price
- 8d [0-0-8 AUP]
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Colour Comics Pty Ltd
- Brand
-
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
An advertising strip along the bottom of most pages promotes the Superman radio show. On page 1 of the first story: "Listen to 7HO for SUPERMAN at 6.45 p.m. every Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs." Referenced radio stations are 7HO, 3AW and 7EX. The issue also includes two internal advertisements.
Lois Lane, Witch
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #172 (September 1952)
-
Lois Lane... Witch!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Plastino
- Inks
- Al Plastino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #172 (September 1952)
-
The Magnetic Gang
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Al Schwartz
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor); Jack Schiff (original assistant editor); Mort Weisinger (original assistant editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #51 (March-April 1948)
-
Indexer Notes
The change in the story's title suggests some form of censorship, rather than just Australianisation of the language.
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bam Bam That kid and his drum!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #172 (September 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This looks like a swell ship!
- Genre
- humour
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #172 (September 1952)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Lois Lane, Witch
Superman -
1.
Lois Lane... Witch!
Superman -
2.
The Magnetic Gang
Superman -
3.
["Bam Bam That kid and his drum!"]
Little Pete -
4.
["This looks like a swell ship!"]
Shorty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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