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Issue: Superman #23
Publication Date: July 1943
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Issues: #23 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: 04/27/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Assets2
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Nazis
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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 #6 published August 2003
as Superman #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #6 published August 2003
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Knickerbocker Pub. Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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America's Secret Weapon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Colonel McNab; Lieutenant-General Bullitt; Brigadier General Armor; Brigadier General Starrett
Synopsis: When Superman arrives at Camp Towne to make an appearance, he volunteers to participate in the war games that will take place, and is made an honorary Corporal. But after watching America's fighting men in action, and his side losing, he decides that he is not needed to fight this war, and that our boys can handle the job alone.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as America's Secret Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as America's Secret Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #6 published August 2003
as America's Secret Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Forties #[nn] published December 2005
as America's Secret Weapon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Energy Is Ammunition!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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A Claw for a Clue

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Habitual Homicide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Janice Crandall; Scott Manning; Dean Broderick (dies); Alex Morrow; Thaddeus Winton (dies); Glenn Calhoun; Myra Hanley; Professor Raymond Lock (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: When Professor Lock makes a move on one of the college girls and is rebuffed, he swears revenge by killing the college dean and blaming her fiance. But the plot backfires and Lock is arrested for the crime. When he escapes prison and swears revenge on every witness against him, Superman steps in.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #6 published August 2003
as Habitual Homicide [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, opinion, political
Feature(s): Hank the Yank
Character(s): Hank the Yank
First Line: Hank Higgins! You're so dumb I sometimes think you're workin' for Hitler!!
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Pages: 1
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Courage and the Glory

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.42
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Supermen of America

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
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Fashions in Crime!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Pierre; The Dude [Joseph Martinson] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: After Lois buys an expensive dress, especially made for her by Pierre, she discovers another example of the dress in a shop in town. Superman investigates and discovers that a man called the Dude is behind the bootlegging of many fashion designs.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #6 published August 2003
as Fashions in Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.33
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The Big Eight

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (various on covers)
Inker(s): ? (various on covers)
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Letterer(s): ?
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #6 published August 2003
as The Big Eight [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: House ad featuring military figures [illustrated by Stan Kaye] promoting DC's "Big Eight" monthly magazines: Flash #63, Adventure #86, Star Spangled #22, All-American #51, Sensation #19, Action #62, Detective #77 and More Fun #92.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy the Cop
First Line: Gosh! What a desolate spot this is...
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Pages: 1
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Danger on the Diamond!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Tom Marin (introduction); Penton; Sammy Brink (villain, introduction); Joe (villain)
Synopsis: When a star baseball player suddenly loses his ability to pitch, Superman steps in to save his life, discovering that crooks are behind this sudden loss of ability by feeding the young man certain drugs that affect his performance.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #6 published August 2003
as Danger on the Diamond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Page 2 is really two pages shrunk together to make up for the new shorter book length.
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Take Your Pick!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lightning Ju-Jitsu
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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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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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