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18September-October 1942
$0.10

Superman #18

DC · September-October 1942 · on sale 1942-06-30

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
September-October 1942
Key date
1942-09-00
On-sale date
1942-06-30
Indicia publisher
Superman Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RaySuperman [Clark Kent]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Mr. Popper's Penguinstext article0.67script: Josette Frank
3The Conquest of a Citycomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Carl Bland (introduction, villain); Nazi sympathizers
5Supermen of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
6-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
7Wonder Womanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
8The Heat Horrorcomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: Leo NowakSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Professor Glenn Calloway; Lex Luthor (villain)
9Who Needs Gas?comic story0.5
10Action Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
11Kitty McTabbycomic story1
12The Man with the Canecomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: John SikelaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Rita Allen; John Fleming; The Man with the Cane [Jim Mason](introduction, villain)
13World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
15Busy Bill the Bill Collectorcomic story2pencils: George Storm; inks: George StormBusy Bill
16"The Pen Is Mightier--"text story2script: Eric Carter
17Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1
18The Snakecomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: Leo NowakSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Big Luke (dies); The Snake [Bill Chantey] (introduction, villain, dies)
19The Big Eight!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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