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Series: Superman Public Domain
Years in Print: 1939 - 1986
Disclose Detail
Publisher: FlagDC Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #[1] - #423 (423 Issues, 608 Printings) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: Adventures of Superman [1987 - 2006] by DC Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: Many writer credits courtesy of Martin O'Hearn. Information on National (DC) Comics' annual sales of Superman from mid-1945s to the mid-1947s is taken from site Circulating American Magazines: Visualization tools for U.S. Magazine History.

CIRCULATION DATA
1945 (Last 6 months) - 4,915,833
1946 - 9,181,458
1947 (First 6 months) - 4,277,151

1945
July/August - 1,515,417
September/October - 1,687,639
November/December - 1,712,777

1946
January/February - 1,847,276
March/April - 1,780,423
May/June - 1,388,809
July/August - 1,316,187
September/October - 1,417,201
November/December - 1,431,562

1947
January/February - 1,405,223
March/April - 1,472,872
May/June - 1,399,056
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Books
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; then standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Issue # View Issue Images Icon Volume Publication Date Pages Content Items
#[1] View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none January 1939 68 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#2 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 1 January 1939 68 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#3 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1940 68 17 (10 stories, 1 cover)
#4 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1940 68 19 (10 stories, 1 cover)
#5 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1940 68 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#6 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1940 68 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#7 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1940 68 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#8 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1941 68 26 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#9 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1941 68 24 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#10 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1941 68 24 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#11 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none July 1941 68 28 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#12 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1941 68 26 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#13 View Issue Images Icon 2 none November 1941 68 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#14 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none January 1942 68 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#15 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1942 68 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#16 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1942 68 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
#17 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1942 68 21 (10 stories, 1 cover)
#18 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1942 68 22 (9 stories, 1 cover)
#19 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1942 68 24 (10 stories, 1 cover)
#20 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none January 1943 68 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#21 View Issue Images Icon none March 1943 68 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#22 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1943 68 26 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#23 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none July 1943 60 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#24 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1943 60 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#25 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1943 60 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#26 View Issue Images Icon none January 1944 60 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#27 2 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none March 1944 60 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#28 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1944 52 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#29 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1944 52 16 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#30 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1944 52 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#31 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1944 52 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#32 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1945 52 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#33 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1945 52 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#34 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1945 52 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#35 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1945 52 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#36 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1945 52 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#37 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1945 52 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#38 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1946 52 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#39 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1946 52 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#40 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1946 52 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#41 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1946 52 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#42 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1946 52 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#43 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1946 52 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#44 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1947 52 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#45 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none March 1947 52 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#46 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1947 52 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#47 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1947 52 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#48 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1947 52 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#49 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1947 52 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#50 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1948 52 22 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#51 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1948 52 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#52 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1948 52 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#53 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1948 52 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#54 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1948 52 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#55 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1948 52 29 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#56 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1949 52 27 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#57 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1949 52 24 (10 stories, 1 cover)
#58 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1949 52 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#59 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1949 52 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#60 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1949 52 22 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#61 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1949 52 23 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#62 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1950 52 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#63 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none March 1950 52 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#64 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1950 52 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#65 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1950 52 24 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#66 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1950 52 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#67 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1950 52 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#68 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1951 52 22 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#69 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1951 52 23 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#70 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1951 52 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#71 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1951 52 22 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#72 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1951 52 22 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#73 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1951 52 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#74 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1952 52 26 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#75 2 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none March 1952 52 27 (9 stories, 1 cover)
#76 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1952 52 25 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#77 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1952 52 23 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#78 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1952 52 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#79 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1952 44 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#80 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1953 44 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#81 View Issue Images Icon 1/2 none March 1953 44 23 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#82 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1953 44 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#83 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1953 44 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#84 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1953 44 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#85 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1953 44 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#86 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1954 44 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#87 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none February 1954 44 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#88 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none March 1954 44 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#89 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1954 44 20 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#90 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1954 44 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#91 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none August 1954 44 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#92 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none September 1954 44 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#93 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none November 1954 44 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#94 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none January 1955 44 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
#95 View Issue Images Icon 2/2 none February 1955 44 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#96 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none March 1955 44 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#97 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1955 36 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
#98 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none July 1955 36 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#99 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none August 1955 36 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
#100 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none September 1955 36 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)

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