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Issue: Superman #42
Publication Date: September 1946
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Issues: #42 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: 07/01/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (editor, credited); Jack Schiff (assistant editor, uncredited); Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): George Roussos ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Wouldn't Quit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron
Penciller(s): Ira Yarbrough
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain); John Ross; Tom Crowell; Jim Waverly; Lois Lane
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Graham Hunter (signed)
Inker(s): Graham Hunter (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop
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Pages: 1
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Johnny Mize

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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Bowling Alley Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Penciller(s): Sam Citron
Inker(s): Stan Kaye ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane, Girl Reporter
Character(s): Steve Bard; Clark Kent; Perry White; Whitey (villain, introduction); Turk (villain, introduction); unnamed crook (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 4
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Pages: 1
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Here's a Fact Magazine with Superman Punch!

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Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Real Fact Comics
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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A Legend Comes True!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron
Penciller(s): Ira Yarbrough
Inker(s): Stan Kaye ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Burton Crowther (villain, introduction); Lois Lane; Casey Down
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Stumpy
First Line: Gum Free Samples
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
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Pages: 0.5
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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
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K Is the Letter for Kangaroo

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.67
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Tin Badge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Carter
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Death of Clark Kent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alvin Schwartz
Penciller(s): Ira Yarbrough
Inker(s): Stan Kaye ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; also as Kenneth Clarkson]; Pinky Redd (Villain, Introduction); Professor Fergusson; Lois Lane; Hal Hocum
Synopsis: When Clark Kent is "killed" in front of witnesses Superman adopts a new identity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #284 published February 1975
as The Death of Clark Kent! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Redone in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #127.
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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
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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How to Avoid These "Booby Traps" in Your Home!

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

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