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Issue: Superman #56
Publication Date: January 1949
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Issues: #56 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/01/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B161380.
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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
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Smarty Pants

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Smartypants
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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America's Greatest Comics Characters

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The Prankster Picks a Partner!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; The Prankster (villain); Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis: The Prankster tricks Superman into using his powers to help him commit crimes.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk, but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn
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Henry Iba

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The Man with the Purple Hand

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Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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The Man Who Couldn't Laugh!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; F. P. Crotchett (intro); Little Joe Blaney (intro)
Synopsis: F. P. Crotchett hasn't laughed in 20 years and offers $100,000 to anyone who can make him.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Plot revised and re-used in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #136. Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk, but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.
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[untitled]

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Gets the Bird!

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Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Why are you crying, Stover?
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Feature(s): Northwestern Products Co.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: 8 - 27 - 10 - Here I go!
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Feature(s): Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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The Spark of Life

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Rice Krispies
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: The Chief said the animals are being molested at night...
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Before I leave, I'll have to write Doodle a note...
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Irvin Foster Sportswear
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Smartypants

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Smartypants; C. C. Skynhedd; Perry White
Synopsis: Prof. Skynhedd is an expert in progressive education. So how come a two year old can run rings around him?
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Mystery Mine's Treasure!

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Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Columbia
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Hey, Shorty! Will you deliver this package for me?
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Feature(s): Schwinn
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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What to Do If Lost in the Woods at Night

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Feature(s): Eveready
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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