Superman #47 (1947) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman
2	The Toyman's Castle!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Toyman [Winslow Schott] (villain); Kid Kale; Zip; Mrs. Thwart
5	Susie Reforms!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Susie Tompkins; Tambu (villain, introduction); Kadir (villain, introduction); Crawley (villain, introduction)
8	Tide Squeeze	text story	1.67	script: Don Carter
9	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
12	Superman's Unlucky Day!	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: George Roussos	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Maude; Willie; Mr. Randall
14	The Kids	comic story	0.67	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
15	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
DC Special #14	1971	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 ISBN 978-1-4012-9193-8	2019	On eBay ›

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