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(May 1950)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth
Format:
Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]
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Clark Kent's Career (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alvin Schwartz
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]

The Poison Planet (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
John Fischetti
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Tommy Tomorrow

["And with the costume I got for us, Jerry, we should be a cinch for first prize"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Reprints:

Dead Man's Gold (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Smalle [signed E.J.S.]
Inks:
Ed Smalle [signed E.J.S.]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill

["If I don't reduce a little..."] (Table of Contents)

Jasper / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Lit-Win
Pencils:
Lit-Win
Inks:
Lit-Win
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Any Gum, Chum? (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
How chewing gum and bubble gum are made.

["Golly, it's muddy out after the rain!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Reprints:

Home, Sweet Home! (Table of Contents)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bob Oksner
Inks:
Bob Oksner
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
teen

The Quest For the Two Dead Men (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Dan Barry (signed)
Inks:
Dan Barry (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Vigilante

["Boy - look at all these snowballs!"] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Reprints:

[Builder! Creator] (Table of Contents)

Handy Andys / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]
Pencils:
Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]
Inks:
Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Characters:
Pierre St. Amand; Barbara Bittner; Jack Roush; Mary Chase
Editing
Change History

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Clark Kent's Career
    Superman
  2. 2. The Poison Planet
    Tommy Tomorrow
  3. 3. ["And with the costume I got for us, Jerry, we should be a cinch for first prize"]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  4. 4. Dead Man's Gold
    Congo Bill
  5. 5. ["If I don't reduce a little..."]
    Jasper
  6. 6. Any Gum, Chum?
  7. 7. ["Golly, it's muddy out after the rain!"]
    Shorty
  8. 8. Home, Sweet Home!
    Binky
  9. 9. The Quest For the Two Dead Men
    Vigilante
  10. 10. ["Boy - look at all these snowballs!"]
    Little Pete
  11. 11. [Builder! Creator]
    Handy Andys
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