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Issue: Superman #15
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #15 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Superman Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Ellsworth credit from statement of ownership.

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of December 31, 1941 in ad in Action Comics #45.
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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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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: World's greatest adventure-strip character!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #4 [First Printing] published July 1994
as Superman #15 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #4 [First Printing] published July 1994
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray.

The scene for this cover taken from the 1st Fleischer Superman cartoon titled "The Mad Scientist."
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Hero of Darien

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Cop Who Was Ruined

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Sgt. Bob Branigan; Bill Talley (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Lois and Clark stand by Sgt. Branigan and seek to assist him after he was blinded during a tussle with mobsters as well as being dismissed from the Police force for accidentally killing a woman while supposedly misusing his powers as a Police officer. To make things worse, Branigan is approached by the very mobsters he fought earlier and they are demanding protection money from him for his new business.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #4 [First Printing] published July 1994
as The Cop Who Was Ruined [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: 1st time Jimmy is given a last name. Story title taken from the Archives reprint.
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Supermen of America

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Big News!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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Superman's Radio Show Covers the Continent!

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First Line: Wide awake merchants all over the North American Continent are presenting this outstanding radio feature for your entertainment.
Synopsis: The ad promotes 44 stations in the United States, one in Newfoundland and 26 in Canada airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. Text at the bottom encourages readers to write their local stations and ask for the show.
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Pages: 1
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Saboteurs from Napkan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Secretary of the Navy Hank Fox; Hokopoko (villain, introduction, death); Utsum (villain, introduction, death); the Black Circle (villains, introduction, deaths)
Synopsis: Superman discovers that Battleship Y-92 had been sabotaged by agents of the war-like nation of Napkan upon launching. He later discovers that pro-Napkan parties have been established in South America, and the enemy wishes to have more formed in Central American nations that will turn anti-American, thus allowing Napkan to openly invade the United States without opposition.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Saboteurs from Napkan [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #4 [First Printing] published July 1994
as Saboteurs from Napkan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the Archives reprint.
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Pick Your Prize

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rollin Stone
First Line: So you want to join the circus, eh?
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): Action Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Private Pete
First Line: Private Pete, you're assigned to sentry duty. Be careful of dangerous spies...
Synopsis: Pete is warned to keep spies from photographing an army plane, but still allows one to paint a picture of it.
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Pages: 1
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Superman in Oxnalia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; King Boris; Prince Micheal; Razkal (villain, introduction, death); Lord Murgot (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Superman heads to Europe to assist the democratic nation of Numark against the war-like attacks being made on it by Oxnalia, saving Numark's young Prince as well as bringing about peace between the two nations.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #4 [First Printing] published July 1994
as Superman in Oxnalia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the Archives reprint.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Say 'Ah'" "Ugh!
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Pages: 0.33
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Published by Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY (indicia says Superman, Inc.)
Editor: W. F. Ellsworth
Owners; Harry, Irwin and Sonia Donenfeld, P. H. Sampliner, P. H. Sampliner (JR) and Joan Sampliner.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Rattlebrain

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Braves, old Chief Eagle-Beak is offering the hand of his fair daughter...
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Pages: 2
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Tops in Comics

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Pages: 1
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The Evolution King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Sgt. Casey; Phil Carter; Tim (a newspaper boy); The Evolution King (villain, introduction, death); Tony Rico (villain); Joe Glower (villain)
Synopsis: Superman must battle the Evolution King, a man who has developed a way to advance or revert the ages of prominent athletes, forcing them to pay him blackmail, else he keeps them in an old and decrepit condition.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #4 [First Printing] published July 1994
as The Evolution King [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the Archives reprint.
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The "Big 8"

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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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