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Issue: Superman #20
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #20 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: 10/27/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 4 in ad in Batman #14.

Supermen of America page lists DC staffers who have recently entered the military: Mort Weisinger, Murray Boltinoff, Ed Kenney (art department), Jack Lehti, George Papp, Bernie Klein, Fred Ray, and Lee Harris.
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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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 #20 [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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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman's Secret Revealed!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Ironjaw Grogan (villain, introduction), Lois Lane; Perry White; Luthor (cameo, villain); Puzzler (cameo, villain); Prankster (cameo, villain); Adonis (cameo, villain); Ultra (cameo, villain); Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo)
Synopsis: A practical joke by Lois exposes Clark's secret identity, forcing Clark Kent to "masquerade" as Superman.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Superman's Secret Revealed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Newspaper text on splash mentions Ed Dobrotka, Wayne Boring, Whitney Ellsworth, Harry Donenfeld, & Jack Liebowitz. Superman has a yellow "S" on his cape.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Supermen of America

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hmm - It's a real cold day...
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Feature(s): Action Comics
First Line: They just can't get enough of Superman...
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How Can They Do It??

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Destroyers from the Depths

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Tom; Adolf Hitler (villain); Herr Fange (villain, introduction, dies)
Synopsis: A German inventor creates an army of Nazi controlled sea serpents that Hitler plans on using against Allied convoys.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
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Pages: 13
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Genres: humorous
First Line: -Now to spill this water overboard!
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Disclose Notes: Above the Superman radio show ad.
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Superman Is on the Air!

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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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Disclose Notes: Below the Shorty story. Note: This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Superman #19, but text at the bottom is omitted. The Superman image is cropped and isolated from the 1940 issue of New York World's Fair Comics.
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The Boy Commandos Are Here!

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Feature(s): Boy Commandos
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Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 0.33
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Lair of the Leopard

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cal Johnson; Herman the Heroic [Herman Hoskins] (introduction); The Leopard [Sam Kennedy] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Superman has to deal with an ardent admirer who costumes himself and wants to help the Man of Tomorrow on his dangerous case against the Leopard.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Lair of the Leopard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Energy to Overcome Obstacles!

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chesty McGurk
Character(s): Chesty McGurk
First Line: --And hurry back, Chester!
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Pages: 2
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The Prof Comes Through

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Genres: adventure
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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

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Not in the Cards

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Harlow Gates (dies); Jim Cameron; Peter Fellows; Philip Brandon; Jake Clymer; Morton Thornton; The Puzzler (villain)
Synopsis: The Puzzler, defeated in various card championships, vows to escape from prison and kill every one of the winners.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #5 published April 2000
as Not in the Cards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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The Big Eight!

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Tootsie Roll of Honor

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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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