Superman #53
DC Comics
United States
- 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)
See also:
Issue contents
Cover
The Origin of Superman
(Superman)
Cover,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
Promo (ad from the publisher),
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
2.
An Open Letter to Superman Fans
(Superman)
Text story,
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
3.
The Origin of Superman!
(Superman)
Comic story,
10 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
4.
You Run Faster in Keds!
(U. S. Keds)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
5.
Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit
(Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll Pop)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
6.
The Oracle from Metropolis!
(Superman)
Comic story,
10 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
7.
Get Your Free Movie Star Pictures
(Schwinn)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
8.
Won - By a Whisper!
(Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
9.
Untitled
(Shorty)
Comic story,
2 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
10.
Look Kids! Get Your Own Scale Model of the History Making Freedom Train!
(Kellogg's Variety)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
11.
Untitled
(Daffy & Doodle)
Comic story,
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
12.
Superman's Secret Message
(Supermen of America)
Promo (ad from the publisher),
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
13.
The Tiniest Things In the World
Text article,
2 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
14.
Show Time
(Adventures of "Popsicle Pete")
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
15.
Untitled
(Mister Grumble)
Comic story,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
16.
Rounding Up the Rustlers
("U. S." Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike; U. S. Bike Tires)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
17.
A Job for Superhombre!
(Superman)
Comic story,
13 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
18.
No title recorded
(Homer)
Comic story,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
19.
Hi-Kids! Get This Cracker Jack Magic Pencil
(Cracker Jack)
Advertisement,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
20.
How Much Do You Really Know About Baseball?
(Thom McAn)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
21.
New Handbook and New Air Rifle Catalog Ready
(Daisy Air Rifles)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
22.
Taste Treat to Share...
(Milky Way)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
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.