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Issue: Superman #83
Publication Date: July 1953
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Issues: #83 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/04/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

The cover for this issue is shown during an episode of The Adventures of Superman TV show, "The Ghost of Scotland Yard," aired November 7, 1953. At the end of the episode, a British newsstand owner hands Jimmy Olsen a copy and after Jimmy walks offscreen, the magazine seller picks up a copy and starts reading it. The audience sees the front and back covers of the magazine as the camera fades out. (Note added by Larry Miler via the GCD Error Tracker.)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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
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Clark Kent, Convict!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"

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Genres: opinion, teen
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Destination X!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; The Brain (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: To stop the destruction of Earth's monuments, Superman boards a mysterious globe claiming to be bound for an alien planet. He soon discovers the globe is made of kryptonite, a trap set by the Brain to keep Superman occupied during a jewel heist.
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Disclose Notes: The Brain in this issue is a Metropolis gangster, not related to the Silver Age Doom Patrol villain.
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): A Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: It's stopped snowing at last!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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The Search for the Bravest Woman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Greta Gage (a stunt actor; introduction); Lynne Paris (a trapeze artist; introduction); Billie Brown (a stunt pilot; introduction); Hilda Gaye (a diver; introduction); Grissom (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A series a mysterious crimes threaten to undermine the Daily Planet's nationwide search for the bravest woman.
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Disclose Notes: Superman uses his super-speed to appear to be a giant fish creature.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Feature(s): Roadmaster
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Dad, I've decided it's about time I helped around here...
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African Adventure

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Victory by Reflection

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Feature(s): Major Mars; Popsicle
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: That must be Jerry...
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Feature(s): Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer
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Clark Kent --- Convict!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Warden Graham Ellis (introduction); Phil Casan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: In order to investigate recent prison riots without raising suspicion, Clark allows himself to be sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary.
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Superman Is on Television!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Feature(s): Schwinn
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Feature(s): Giant Beach Ball
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The Line of Stars

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Feature(s): Milky Way
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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