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Issue: Superman #17
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #17 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: 05/05/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of May 6 in house ad in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #49.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Adolf Hitler; Hideki Tojo
First Line: World's greatest adventure-strip character!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Superman in the 1930s & 1940s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1940s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Superman #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Back Cover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] published January 2013
as World's Greatest Adventure-Strip Character! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
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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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Fire! The Mascot by Paul Brown

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Man or Superman?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; The Talon [Albert Caldwell] (introduction, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Luthor (cameo, villain); Ultra-Humanite (cameo, villain); Eustace Watson (cameo)
Synopsis: Lois first suspects that Clark Kent is Superman, but he quickly convinces her he is not with some razzle dazzle super speed.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Man or Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 7 cut
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Man or Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]Page 7 cut
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Man or Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as Man or Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] published January 2013
as Man or Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Pencils credited to John Sikela in Superman Archives #5. This is the only story during the 1940's that Lois thinks Clark is Superman.
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Supermen of America

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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: It's nice up here in the crow's nest!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Bah - These modern boys can't fight like us old timers...
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Pages: 1
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The Human Bomb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; Lois Lane; Watkins (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: A vicious criminal uses innocent people, trapped by hypnotic power, who are armed with a bomb apparatus which makes it possible for them to rob without opposition from the Police.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as The Human Bomb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as The Human Bomb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Superman has a yellow "S" on red background on his cape.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gee Man
First Line: Hey, Rover - Back here!
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Pages: 2
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Muscles for Sale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jake Massey (introduction, villain); Lois Lane; George Brant; Mrs. Brant; Mike Mosby (villain); Nat Folsom
Synopsis: Superman must solve a series of bold crimes that were pulled by ungainly men who look anything but formidable.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #187 published June 1966
as A Look at Superman's First Fortress from the 1942 Story "Muscles for Sale!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]two page excerpt
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Muscles for Sale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as Muscles for Sale! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude #[nn] published June 2012
as Muscles for Sale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Superman's Mountain Retreat (precursor to the Fortress of Solitude).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
First Line: C'mon, Willy - Get yourself a surf board...
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Pages: 0.22
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Now on Sale

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Pages: 0.44
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rollin Stone
First Line: Mr. Stone, I must have my room rent right away!
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Pages: 2
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Killer's Guns

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

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics, World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 1
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When Titans Clash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Carlyle Allerton [Lex Luthor] (villain); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis: Lex Luthor survives his execution in the electric chair, which only makes him more powerful, but yet he still can't match the strength of Superman...that is, until he discovers a way to fool Superman into handing over the Powerstone to him.
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In Content Item: FlagDC 100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-13 published June 1972
as When Titans Clash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #252 published June 1972
as When Titans Clash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Lois Lane Album #14 published June 1976
as When Titans Clash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as When Titans Clash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as When Titans Clash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Sequel to story in ACTION COMICS #47.
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The Big Eight!

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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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