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80January-February 1953
$0.10

Superman #80

DC · January-February 1953 · on sale 1952-11-10

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#80
Publication date
January-February 1953
Key date
1953-01-00
On-sale date
1952-11-10
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superman's Big Brother!cover1pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman; Halk Kar
2Superman's Big Brother!comic story10script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman (origin retold); Halk Kar (intro); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Wrecker Ross (intro, villain); Lois Lane
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
6The Big Noise of Metropolis!comic story9.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman; Big-Noise Nelson (intro, villain); Lois Lane
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10-cartoon0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
11Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
12The Last Days of Daniel Boonetext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond PerryDaniel Boone
13Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
14Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
15The Men of Firecomic story9.67script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman; the "flame men" (intro, villains, fire-beings); Lois Lane
16Superman Is on Television!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
17-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 5.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Superman #2221969On eBay ›
Superman in the Fifties #[nn]
ISBN 1563898268
2002On eBay ›
Superman in the Fifties #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77950-758-7
2021On eBay ›

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