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Issue: Superman Supacomic #53
Publication Date: January 1964
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Issues: #53 of 197 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Colour Comics Pty Ltd
On Sale Date: 01/1964
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 24.0 pence GBQ 0-2-0
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and white interior;
Dimensions: Standard comic (size varies slightly)
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound (early issues); saddle-stitched (later issues)
Publishing Format: Was on-going series
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The Menace of the Future Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin
Character(s): Future Man; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: First, I'm draining the color out of you, then you will disintegrate--this is the end of Superman, Batman and Robin!
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Pages: 1
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Menace of the Future Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Future Man [Rak Durr] (introduction); Carter Nichols; Thor; Alfred; Ace; Superman robot; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jon Durr; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis: Superman and Batman chase the mysterious time-traveling Future Man into the future and the past. The Future Man combines kryptonite with Thor's hammer to create a future weapon.
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Pages: 15
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The Amazing Confession of Super-Perry White!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Alice White; Superman robots
Synopsis: To protect Perry White from criminals who are trying to kill him, Superman pretends to be Perry, but things get complicated when Lois learns his "secret identity" and publishes the story, and when Perry gets impatient and starts to pretend that he's Superman.
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Pages: 12
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Why Superman Needs a Secret Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lex Luthor (villain); Lana Lang; Superboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Chief Parker; Superman Robots; Lois Lane; Ed Lacy (villain); Benny the Blaster (villain)
Synopsis: As Clark Kent is faced with a choice between saving his friends and protecting his secret identity, the reader is shown three different scenarios explaining why Superman needs to preserve that secret.
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Pages: 14
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The Return of the Penguin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Letterer(s): David Huffine ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; The Friends of Birds Society; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains); "Big" John Tompkins (villain)
Synopsis: Emerging from semi-retirement, due to the mocking of the underworld, the Penguin renews his battle of wits with the Caped Crusaders with a series of new bird-related crimes.
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Pages: 13
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The Fantastic Dr. No-Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. No-Face; Commissioner James Gordon
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Pages: 13
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The Super-Planet of Clark Kent and Lana Lang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Professor Potter (Lana's Uncle); Alien Creatures
Synopsis: Lana and Clark are accidentally transported to a strange world where Clark must make her think they both have superpowers in order to prevent her from guessing he's Superboy Lana and Clark are accidentally transported to a strange world where Clark must make her think they both have superpowers in order to prevent her from guessing he's Superboy
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Pages: 12
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[Part I] The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese; Milton Snapinn
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Shrinking Violet; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Star Boy; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Element Lad; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass] (most as projected images)
Synopsis: The Legion of Substitute-Heroes tries to fill in for the Legion, but the Legion tells the Subs to disband.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Legion of Substitute Heroes stars
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Part II: The Duel of the Legions!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese; Milton Snapinn
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy]
Synopsis: The Substitutes realise the Legion has been replaced by aliens, chase the aliens away and save the real Legion.
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Pages: 9

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