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Issue: Superman #183
Publication Date: January 1966
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Issues: #183 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/18/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G18.

On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Prize Stories from the Superman Library!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1960s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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Case of the Funny Paper Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): John Sikela
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Funnyface (introduction; villain); Torgo (villain); Machine-Gun Mike (villain); Black Raider (villain); Goola (villain); Viper (villain); Detective Craig (introduction); Prince Peril (introduction); Solitary Rider (introduction); Streak Duga (introduction); Happy Daze (introduction)
Synopsis: Superman must battle a new villain who has invented a machine that can materialize two-dimensional figures out of the comics to rob for him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #19 published November 1942
was Case of the Funny Paper Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Famous Stories of the Golden Age

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Clark Kent's College Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Coleman
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Untold Tales of Superman
Character(s): Superboy; Professor Thaddeus V. Maxwell (introduction)
Synopsis: Superman recalls his college days, particularly the professor who tried to scientifically prove that Clark Kent was Superboy.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #125 published November 1958
was Clark Kent's College Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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When Superman Lost His Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
Synopsis: While in the Mexican jungle reporting on an Aztec tomb, the Planet staff is magically whisked to a red sun planet where Clark has no powers. Superman has to fake super feats to reassure the Planet staff that everything is under control.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #262 published March 1960
was When Superman Lost His Powers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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A Superman Quiz for Mom and Dad

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Mysterious Mr. Mxyzptlk!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster ? (signed); Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Ira Yarbrough
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Mr. Mxyzptlk [Mr. Mxyztplk] (introduction)
Synopsis: An imp from another dimension plagues Superman with practical jokes until he can make him say his name backwards.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #30 published September 1944
was The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk! [Story on Interior Page(s)]slightly retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The original's Mr. Mxyztplk's name changed to Mr. Mxyzptlk throughout this story and in the story title. Mxyztplk is pronounced "Mix-yizt-pulk" according to Alvin Schwartz. Name was changed to Mxyzptlk in 1958. Writer credit claimed by Jerry Siegel in a letter to Richard Morrissey that states this story was written prior to earlier printed newspaper sequence by Whitney Ellsworth and Wayne Boring. First line: "I--I thought I was the only one who could fly!!"
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Superman, Cartoon Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster (pencil layouts) (signed); Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (finished pencils) (signed)
Inker(s): John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; animated Superman; animated Lois Lane; animated Mad Scientist (villain)
Synopsis: Clark and Lois decide to go to the movies, but when Clark discovers that it's the latest Fleischer Superman cartoon, he has to think fast to keep Lois from discovering that he is Superman.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #19 published November 1942
was Superman, Matinee Idol [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Superman, Matinee Idol." Page 11, panel 3 through page 12, panel 2 of original cut.

Clark Kent and Lois Lane see the 1st Fleischer Superman cartoon, "The Mad Scientist."
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The Eye of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; John Bates (introduction, villain); Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis: John Bates has Clark Kent appear on his TV show "The Eye of Metropolis" in order to expose his double life as Superman.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #250 published March 1959
was The Eye of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67

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