Superman #56 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Smarty Pants	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman; Smartypants
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	America's Greatest Comics Characters	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	The Prankster Picks a Partner!	comic story	10	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman; The Prankster (villain); Perry White; Lois Lane
6	The Man Who Couldn't Laugh!	comic story	12	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman; Lois Lane; F. P. Crotchett (intro); Little Joe Blaney (intro)
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
11	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
13	The Spark of Life	text article	2	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
15	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
16	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
17	-	comic story	0.5	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win; letters: Lit-Win
19	Smartypants	comic story	10	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman; Smartypants; C. C. Skynhedd; Perry White
22	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 12.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 ISBN 978-1-77950-560-6	2023	On eBay ›

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