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Superman #53

United States

DC Comics

United States

The Origin of Superman
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Untitled [The Origin of Superman]
The Origin of Superman
The Origin of Superman
Published
July-August 1948
Page count
52
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/6816

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, Managing Editor
 
Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)

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Show/hide Cover The Origin of Superman (Superman) Cover, 1 page
Show/hide 1. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages
Show/hide 2. An Open Letter to Superman Fans (Superman) Prose story, 0.67 pages
Show/hide 3. The Origin of Superman! (Superman) Comic story, 10 pages
Show/hide 4. You Run Faster in Keds! (U. S. Keds) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 5. Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit (Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll Pop) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 6. The Oracle from Metropolis! (Superman) Comic story, 10 pages
Show/hide 7. Get Your Free Movie Star Pictures (Schwinn) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 8. Won - By a Whisper! (Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 9. Untitled (Shorty) Comic story, 2 pages
Show/hide 10. Look Kids! Get Your Own Scale Model of the History Making Freedom Train! (Kellogg's Variety) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 11. Untitled (Daffy & Doodle) Comic story, 0.67 pages
Show/hide 12. Superman's Secret Message (Supermen of America) Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages
Show/hide 13. The Tiniest Things In the World Text article, 2 pages
Show/hide 14. Show Time (Adventures of "Popsicle Pete") Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 15. Untitled (Mister Grumble) Comic story, 1 page
Show/hide 16. Rounding Up the Rustlers ("U. S." Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike; U. S. Bike Tires) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 17. A Job for Superhombre! (Superman) Comic story, 13 pages
Show/hide 18. No title recorded (Homer) Comic story, 0.5 pages
Show/hide 19. Hi-Kids! Get This Cracker Jack Magic Pencil (Cracker Jack) Advertisement, 0.5 pages
Show/hide 20. How Much Do You Really Know About Baseball? (Thom McAn) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 21. New Handbook and New Air Rifle Catalog Ready (Daisy Air Rifles) Advertisement, 1 page
Show/hide 22. Taste Treat to Share... (Milky Way) Advertisement, 1 page

Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of May 5 in blurb at the end of the Superman story in Action Comics #121.

Indicia

The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 33120

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