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Series: Superman

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1939 - 1986

Detail

Publisher: Flag

DC Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #[1] - #423 (423 Issues, 608 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: Adventures of Superman [1987 - 2006] by DC Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Many writer credits courtesy of Martin O'Hearn. Information on National (DC) Comics' annual sales of Superman from mid-1945s to the mid-1947s is taken from site Circulating American Magazines: Visualization tools for U.S. Magazine History.

CIRCULATION DATA
1945 (Last 6 months) - 4,915,833
1946 - 9,181,458
1947 (First 6 months) - 4,277,151

1945
July/August - 1,515,417
September/October - 1,687,639
November/December - 1,712,777

1946
January/February - 1,847,276
March/April - 1,780,423
May/June - 1,388,809
July/August - 1,316,187
September/October - 1,417,201
November/December - 1,431,562

1947
January/February - 1,405,223
March/April - 1,472,872
May/June - 1,399,056

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

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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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#[1]	January 1939	68	19/8/1	3 Issue Images total
#2	January 1939	68	13/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#3	January 1940	68	17/10/1	2 Issue Images total
#4	January 1940	68	19/10/1	2 Issue Images total
#5	January 1940	68	20/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#6	September 1940	68	21/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#7	November 1940	68	21/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#8	January 1941	68	27/6/1
#9	March 1941	68	24/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#10	May 1941	68	24/5/1
#11	July 1941	68	28/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#12	September 1941	68	26/5/1
#13	November 1941	68	21/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#14	January 1942	68	23/7/1	3 Issue Images total
#15	March 1942	68	23/7/1
#16	May 1942	68	24/9/1
#17	July 1942	68	21/10/1
#18	September 1942	68	22/9/1
#19	November 1942	68	24/10/1
#20	January 1943	68	23/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#21	March 1943	68	21/5/1
#22	May 1943	68	26/7/1
#23	July 1943	60	19/5/1
#24	September 1943	60	18/6/1
#25	November 1943	60	15/7/1

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

#[1]

January 1939

19/8/1