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20January-February 1943
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Superman #20

DC · January-February 1943 · on sale 1942-10-27

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
January-February 1943
Key date
1943-01-00
On-sale date
1942-10-27
Indicia publisher
Superman Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack BurnleySuperman [Clark Kent]
2Superman's Secret Revealed!comic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: John SikelaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Ironjaw Grogan (villain, introduction), Lois Lane; Perry White; Luthor (cameo, villain); Puzzler (cameo, villain); Prankster (cameo, villain); Adonis (cameo, villain); Ultra (cameo, villain); Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo)
3Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
4Supermen of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)0.67letters: typeset
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6Action Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
7How Can They Do It??promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
8Destroyers from the Depthscomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: John SikelaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Tom; Adolf Hitler (villain); Herr Fange (villain, introduction, dies)
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
11The Boy Commandos Are Here!promo (ad from the publisher)0.44letters: typeset
14Lair of the Leopardcomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cal Johnson; Herman the Heroic [Herman Hoskins] (introduction); The Leopard [Sam Kennedy] (villain, introduction)
16Chesty McGurkcomic story2Chesty McGurk
17The Prof Comes Throughtext story2script: Eric Carter
18Don't Miss Your Favorites!promo (ad from the publisher)1
19Not in the Cardscomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: John SikelaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Harlow Gates (dies); Jim Cameron; Peter Fellows; Philip Brandon; Jake Clymer; Morton Thornton; The Puzzler (villain)
20The Big Eight!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.06 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn]
ISBN 0517551004		1983On eBay ›
The Superman Archives #5
ISBN 1-56389-602-8		2000On eBay ›
Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 #[nn]
ISBN 9780785832829		2015On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-7011-7		2017On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5		2017On eBay ›

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