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Issue: Superman #19
Publication Date: November 1942
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Issues: #19 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: 08/30/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 4 in blurb at the end of the Superman story in Action Comics #53 and also in an ad in the same issue.
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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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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

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Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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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 #19 [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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Case of the Funny Paper Crimes

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #183 published January 1966
as Case of the Funny Paper Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Case of the Funny Paper Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white, and Siegel and Shuster credit removed
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Case of the Funny Paper Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Case of the Funny Paper Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Funny Face is a dead ringer for Jerry Siegel.
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Putney Gets Into a Jam--

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
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Pages: 1
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Superman Is on the Air!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday Thursday • Friday -- every day -- every week!
Synopsis: The ad advertises the Superman radio show airing each weekday on the Mutual Network.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Above the Leading Comics promo. The Superman image is cropped and isolated from the 1940 issue of New York World's Fair Comics.
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How Do They Think 'Em Up?!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Leading Comics
First Line: It's amazing how those writers and artists in the DC office can do it!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Below the Superman radio show ad.
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Superman's Amazing Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Skeet Monahan (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Lois and Clark are marked for death by a gang of protection racketeers for writing stinging newspaper articles asking the Police to put a stop to it and by identifying the leader of the gang.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Superman's Amazing Adventure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Most of the story is a dream. Superman has a yellow "S" on his cape. The title for this story comes from the Archives reprint.
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Now on Sale

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Pages: 1
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When In Doubt--

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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The Canine and the Crooks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Mr. Z [Oscar Lanchester] (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: When Clark and later Superman investigate as to why a Mr. Z is out to kill a dog, they discover that the man's aunt had left a fortune to that dog, and only when the animal died would the man get the inheritance!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as The Canine and the Crooks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Superman has a red "S" on his cape, except when it's yellow. The story title is taken from the Archives reprint.
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Buddy
First Line: I gave Buddy a push like I do sometimes...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.44
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Adventure Comics
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Pages: 0.22
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Just-Like Junior
First Line: Ho hum- Another day-
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Pages: 2
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Grandstand Coach

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: sports
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: I better get at my job!
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Pages: 0.5
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Coming at You on the Screen!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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Superman, Matinee Idol

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #183 published January 1966
as Superman, Cartoon Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Superman, Matinee Idol [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white, and modified (see Notes)
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman, Matinee Idol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Superman, Matinee Idol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The Archives do not credit Shuster's pencil layouts.
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The Big Eight!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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