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Issue: Superman #113
Publication Date: May 1957
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Issues: #113 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/12/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; 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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The Superman of the Present and the Superman of the Past

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Queen Latora
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #113 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
as The Superman of the Present and the Superman of the Past [Illustration on Cover, Front]minus the price and the contest blurb
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1950s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Chapter 1: The Superman of the Past

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jor-El; Lara; Queen Latora (intro); the Vergoans (intro)
Synopsis: After disposing of a Kryptonite meteor Superman finds a box containing a mysterious helmet which contains "mind-tapes" of an adventure Jor-El had before Krypton blew up.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #113 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
as The Superman of the Past (Chapter 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: 1st full-issue and 3-part Superman story
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: About how many bees are necessary...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #113 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
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Pages: 0.67
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Wings and Winnie Winchester Do a Good Deed

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Chapter 2: The Secret of the Towers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Queen Latora; Jor-El
Synopsis: Queen Latora explains to Jor-El that Krypton is due to explode because of its Uranium core and she intends to use the energy to rekindle her own planet's dying sun.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #113 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
as The Secret of the Towers (Chapter 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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First Line: Here are some of the winners in the DC Slogan Contest...
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Whew! This is heavy!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #113 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Isn't that Hy Wire great?
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 3: The Superman of the Present

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jor-El; Queen Latora
Synopsis: In the present, Superman decides to seek out Queen Latora and rekindle her planets sun, because his father never could.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #113 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
as The Superman of the Present (Chapter 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Toys! Tricks! Fun!

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Pages: 1
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A Date with Effie

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #113 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
as A Date with Effie [Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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