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82May-June 1953
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Superman #82

DC · May-June 1953 · on sale 1953-03-09

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#82
Publication date
May-June 1953
Key date
1953-05-00
On-sale date
1953-03-09
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Lois Lane, WAC!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
1Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBuzzy Brown
2Lois Lane Joins the WACs!comic story9.67script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Perry White
4-comic story0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
6-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
7Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
8-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug
9The Unemployed Supermancomic story9.67script: John Broome; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoClark Kent, Lois Lane, Mr. Mxyztplk, Superman, Perry White
12Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeg
14The Hurricane Hunterstext article2script: John Marlowe; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
15The Super-Reporter of Metropoliscomic story10pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Perry White
16The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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