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Superman #3

DC · Winter 1940 · on sale 1939-11-15

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
Winter 1940
Key date
1940-01-00
On-sale date
1939-11-15
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
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Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Amazing Adventures of the Greatest Man on Earth: Superman!cover1pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Superman
2Superman, America's Greatest Adventure Strip Character!illustration1pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Superman
3Superman and the Runawaycomic story24script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, George Taylor
4The Greatest Contest in Comic Magazine History!in-house column2pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Paul CassidyClark Kent, Superman
5Superman and the Damcomic story9script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, George Taylor
6-cartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
7Death by the Starstext story2script: Bert Lexington; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerEmil Brandwan (death); Sgt. Steve Hanley; Professor Louis Morton; Stephen Gregory; Jack Lowell; Robert Shelton (villain)
8Superman's Phony Managercomic story12.67script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, George Taylor
9Muscle-Trainingcomic story0.33script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster
10Attaining Super-Health: A Few Hints from Superman!comic story1script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Superman
11Good Luck Charmtext story1script: Hugh Langley; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerTony Carrenzo (villain); Lucky Malone (villain, death); Rhani Kor (death)
12-comic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred SchwabShorty
13Superman and the Jewel Smugglerscomic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, George Taylor
14Superman!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Paul CassidyClark Kent, Superman

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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