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118January 1958
$0.10

Superman #118

DC · January 1958 · on sale 1957-11-03

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#118
Publication date
January 1958
Key date
1958-01-00
On-sale date
1957-11-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Death of Superman!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Acclaimed!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2The Prehistoric Petcomic story8pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino
3The Kings of Comedy!promo (ad from the publisher)1
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5The Boy Napoleoncomic story8pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley
7Wanted: A Teen-Age Codepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
8Revenge in the Ringtext story1letters: typeset
9The Death of Supermancomic story8pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoBlacky Barton (villain, introduction)

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn]
ISBN 0517551004
1983On eBay ›
Superman in the Fifties #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77950-758-7
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