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73November-December 1951
$0.10

Superman #73

DC · November-December 1951 · on sale 1951-08-29

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#73
Publication date
November-December 1951
Key date
1951-11-00
On-sale date
1951-08-29
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Hank Garvin, Man of Steel!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
1Superman Says: "The World Is Our Schoolroom!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Hank Garvin, Man of Steel!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoHank Garvin (Intro); Honest Jack Dugan (Intro, Villain); Friendly Al Piper (Intro, Villain); Harry Dane (Intro; Villain)
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Mighty Mite!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman (Origin, details); Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Martha Kent (Flashback); Jeremy Kendall (Intro); Henrietta Kendall (Intro); Horace Preson (Intro); Cynthia Preston (Intro); Mr. Joe Smith (Flashback); Mrs. Joe Smith (Flashback); Superbaby (Flashback)
8A Famous Composer of Italian Operatic Musicactivity0.75script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
10-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11Boxing's Forgotten Mantext article2script: Frank Minton
12-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
13Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
14Favorites in Fantasy!promo (ad from the publisher)1
15Perry White vs. Clark Kent!comic story12script: John Broome; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiMaxwell Leeds (Intro, Daily Planet publisher); Curtis (Intro, Daily Dispatch editor); Ruth Dugan (Intro)
16-cartoon0.75script: Horace Elmo; pencils: Horace Elmo; inks: Horace Elmo; letters: Horace Elmo
18-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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