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50January-February 1948
$0.10

Superman #50

DC · January-February 1948 · on sale 1947-11-03

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#50
Publication date
January-February 1948
Key date
1948-01-00
On-sale date
1947-11-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Comiquizpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Task That Stumped Superman!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: George RoussosSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jasper Hawk (villain, introduction)
6The Slogans That Came Too True!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Prankster (villain)
8Christmas Bonustext story1.5script: Ben Carroll
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
12Mr. District Attorneypromo (ad from the publisher)1
13The Hunters' Club!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Hunters' Club (introduction); John J. Vandergilt; Percy De Lancey; Tom Alden; Wells; Orr
15Superman's Secret Messagepromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
16-comic story0.67script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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