Special Edition, Superman
DC,
1944 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Publication Dates:
- [December 28] 1944 - [March 12] 1945
- Number of Issues Published:
- 2 (#3 - #5)
- Color:
- full color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age U.S. (7 1/4" x 10 1/8")
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- limited series
- Publication Type:
- magazine
- Keywords
- Educational; giveaway; illiteracy; promotion; reading aid; reprint; superhero; World War II
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- Cover and Main Story Overview
- Creator Checklist (via linked story records)
- Creator Name Checklist (via linked story records)
- Character List (via linked story records)
Publisher's Brands:
Indicia Publishers:
Tracking:
- numbering continues from Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #2
- numbering continues after #3 with Special Edition, Detective Comics (DC, 1945 series) #4
- numbering continues with #5 from Special Edition, Detective Comics (DC, 1945 series) #4
- numbering continues with Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #6
Notes
Educational giveaway comics prepared for the U.S. Navy by DC/National with simplified wording; 6 different issues in total.
All issues have their original numbers and cover price removed, with 'Special Edition - U.S. Navy' printed at the top.
the back covers of all issues are identical; yellow crossed anchors against a solid blue background, with the following text:
‘This book has been prepared by the publisher, with the cooperation of the Training Activity of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, for use as a supplementary reader and workbook in Special Navy Training Units.’
Per entry in the National Archives and Records Administration Catalog, the full agency in the government that cooperated with DC in this comic's production is:
Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Training Aids Division. Training Aids Development Center. Part of the Record Group 24: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007.
All issues have their original numbers and cover price removed, with 'Special Edition - U.S. Navy' printed at the top.
the back covers of all issues are identical; yellow crossed anchors against a solid blue background, with the following text:
‘This book has been prepared by the publisher, with the cooperation of the Training Activity of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, for use as a supplementary reader and workbook in Special Navy Training Units.’
Per entry in the National Archives and Records Administration Catalog, the full agency in the government that cooperated with DC in this comic's production is:
Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Training Aids Division. Training Aids Development Center. Part of the Record Group 24: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007.
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