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27March-April 1944
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Superman #27

DC · March-April 1944 · on sale 1943-12-27

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
March-April 1944
Key date
1944-03-00
On-sale date
1943-12-27
Indicia publisher
Superman Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Palace of Perilous Play; Dear Diary; When Giants Meet; Robbers' Roostcover1pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: George RoussosSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
1Superman Appears Every Month in Action Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various
2The Palace of Perilous Play!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Don KomisarowSuperman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Lottie Lovemore; Toyman [Winslow Schott] (villain)
4When Giants Meet!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Don KomisarowSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Paul Bunyan (introduction, meets Superman in a fantasy tale); Babe (Bunyan's ox)
5-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffClancey
6-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
8Robbers' Roost!comic story11script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Don KomisarowSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Hiram Pardee (introduction); Percival Lister (villain); Arch Angler (villain, introduction); Fingers Falvey (villain); Timothy (villain); Porky (villain)
9Help Me Smash This Menace!public service announcement1pencils: Joe Shuster
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPrivate Pete
12The Artistic Touchtext story2script: Ed Selby
13Dear Diary!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Don KomisarowSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Randall Rocksell; Goldie Gates (villain, introduction)

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
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Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Superman Archives #7
ISBN 1-4012-1051-1; 978-1-4012-1051-9		2006On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4
ISBN 978-1-4012-7257-9		2017On eBay ›

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Series context

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