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14January-February 1942
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Superman #14

DC · January-February 1942 · on sale 1941-11-01

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#14
Publication date
January-February 1942
Key date
1942-01-00
On-sale date
1941-11-01
Indicia publisher
Superman Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RaySuperman [Clark Kent]
2Concerts of Doomcomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: Leo NowakSuperman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Rudolph Krazinski (villain, introduction, death)
3Supermen of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
5The Invention Thiefcomic story12script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: Leo NowakSuperman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Chet Farnsworth (intro); Jim Baldwin (villain, introduction)
6-comic story2script: Ray McGill; pencils: Ray McGill; inks: Ray McGill; letters: Ray McGillStone; Mr. Murphy
8Jinx Jobtext story0.67script: Norman GossLefty Larson; Carter
9The Undersea Citycomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: John SikelaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Chet Furnall; Princess Kuella (introduction, death); King Saffro (introduction, death); the Mer-people (deaths); Akthar (villain, introduction, death)
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
11-in-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
14Marked Mantext story1.33script: Edgar WestonQuintesa Doba; Buck Mawson; Sheriff Baird
16-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffClancy
17-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RaySuperman [Clark Kent]
18-And Here's Top Valuepromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RaySuperman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
19The Lightning Mastercomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: Leo NowakSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lightning Master (villain, introduction, death)
20And Now the "Big Seven" Becomes the "Big Eight"!promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Gene TunneyWonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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