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109November 1956
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Superman #109

DC · November 1956 · on sale 1956-09-11

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Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#109
Publication date
November 1956
Key date
1956-11-00
On-sale date
1956-09-11
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Super-Puppet with X-Ray Eyes!cover1pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man Who Stole Superman's Powerscomic story7.67script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoAbner Hokum (introduction)
4Here Are the Prizespromo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
5The Puppet with X-Ray Eyescomic story5.5script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoPaul Berg (introduction)
7-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
8Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
9Camels of the Cloudstext story2script: Jack McCoy
10-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
12Binky's Special Election Exhibitpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
13The Duplicate Disasterscomic story7.67script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kayealien beings (villains, introduction)

Plus 6.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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