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Issue: Superman #25
Publication Date: November 1943
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Issues: #25 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: 08/24/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: Total page count corrected by Ed Bird. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; then standard Silver Age U.S.; then 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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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Burnley ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprinting
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-18 published July 1973
as DC's Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Cover, Back]
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 #7 published June 2006
as Superman #25 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Superman Refused to Help!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)
Penciller(s): Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): George Roussos ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Murphy; Major Jonathan Ramsey (introduction); Hans Henkel (villain, introduction); 101% Americanism Society (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Superman helps to clear a World War I veteran who is accused of being the secret head of a subversive Fifth Column organization.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #7 published June 2006
as The Man Superman Refused to Help! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Get Going Full Speed Ahead

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Pages: 1
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I Sustain the Wings!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): Fred Ray
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Larry Thomas; Mary
Synopsis: In response to a rival newspaper article claiming that the Training Aviation Cadets program at Yale University, whose purpose is to train new officers, is much too soft and lenient, Clark offers to join as a Cadet and get first hand information for the Planet.
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In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-18 published July 1973
as I Sustain the Wings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmerica at War: The Best of DC War Comics #[nn] published October 1979
as I Sustain the Wings! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #7 published June 2006
as I Sustain the Wings! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story prepared by Weisinger and Ray while in the service, so really it's a very long public service ad. The splash page at the bottom reads "Prepared in cooperation with the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Major General Walter R. Weaver, Commanding General".
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Private Pete
Character(s): Private Pete
First Line: The sergeant is in the infirmary today...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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King of the Comic Books

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster (signed)
Inker(s): Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Geezer (a comic strip character, introduction); Henry Jones [as Carson Steele] (Geezer's creator, introduction); Mr. Frederick; Nazi spies (villains); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Göring (villain, cameo); Joseph Goebbels (villain, cameo)
Synopsis: Superman takes on the persona of a fictional super hero in order to save the life of the character's creator from the Nazis, who are out to kill the man because he is making a laughing stock of the Führer!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #284 published February 1975
as King of the Comic Books! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #7 published June 2006
as King of the Comic Books [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Fair Exchange

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Lane (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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How They Knock Out a Jap Machine Gun Nest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti [as Sgt. Jack Lehti] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti [as Sgt. Jack Lehti] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Lehti [as Sgt. Jack Lehti] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, political
Feature(s): Facts About the Service
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Farr
Penciller(s): Jack Farr
Inker(s): Jack Farr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Farr
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Quiz Quik
First Line: Here is another dash of walnuts for you...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Riddles.
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Hi-Jack -- Jackal of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Don Komisarow [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Jack Height; Hi-Jack [Jack Jackson, not the COMANCHE MOON artist!] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Upset by the arrest of the Puzzler and the Prankster, a new criminal appears on the scene anxious to pay off his stock losses. How? By adopting the guise of "Hi-Jack", a criminal who will hi-jack money from people, all with the help of the Man of Tomorrow!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #7 published June 2006
as Hi-Jack--Jackal of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lightning Ju-Jitsu
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Friend or Foe?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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