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Issue: Superman #59
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #59 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: 05/02/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (7 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.; 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #59 published September 1949
as Action - Thrills - Suspense [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Credits
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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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Lois Lane - Queen of the Amazons!

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; A tribe of Amazons (Intro); Manya
Synopsis: Under a mysterious spell, Lois joins a tribe of Amazon women in the Amazon jungle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk, but not in his pay records according to Martin O'Hearn.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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Pages: 1
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Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan

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Genres: informational, superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Man of Steel's Super Manhunt!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Alan Shotwell (Intro, Dies, villain); Lois Lane
First Line: Yes, Superman, I've mounted a replica of your head as symbolic of my greatest trophy -
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk, but not in his pay records according to Martin O'Hearn.
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Focusing on the Firebug

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Pages: 1
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River Rescue

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure!; Royal Crown Cola
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Don't forget, Shorty, I'll be seeing you at the basketball fame tonight!
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Pages: 2
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Feature(s): Post's Cereals
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Jerry! I'm staying in tonight...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Green Magic

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Where were you all afternoon, Daffy?
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Feature(s): Bazooka
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Pages: 1
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The City That Forgot Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Mxyztplk
Synopsis: Mxyztplk makes everyone forget there ever was a Superman, and nothing Superman can do will convince anyone otherwise.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Plot revised and re-used in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #150.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: H'lo, Poochie!
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 0.5
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In Hollywood with Roddy McDowall at Monogram Pictures Studio

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Feature(s): Adventures of "Popsicle Pete"
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Pages: 1
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3 Smash Adventures

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superboy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Escaped Bear...And a Bare Escape!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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