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74January-February 1952
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Superman #74

DC · January-February 1952 · on sale 1951-11-05

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#74
Publication date
January-February 1952
Key date
1952-01-00
On-sale date
1951-11-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Lost Secrets of Krypton!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman; Luthor; Lois Lane
2The Lost Secrets of Krypton!comic story11.67script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeLex Luthor (Villain); Superman (Origin, retold); Jor-El (Flashback); Lara (Flashback); Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Martha Kent (Flashback); Perry White; Lois Lane
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7Superman's Masters!comic story12script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman; Ernest Gadden (Intro); Kid Kole (Intro); Miss Swift
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
12-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
14Super Shipstext article2script: David King; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
15-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17A Flower That Takes 10 to 12 Years to Bloomactivity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
19The Secret of Superman's Home!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeHatchet Kaims (Villain, Intro); Superman; Lois Lane
20-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
22Peculiar Petscomic story0.75script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen; letters: Stookie Allen
24Superboy Says "Share with Others!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer

Plus 7.74 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
ISBN 0-8212-2076-4		1995On eBay ›

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