Superman #42 (1946) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: George Roussos	Superman; Lois Lane
2	The Man Who Wouldn't Quit!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; J. Wilbur Wolfingham (villain); John Ross; Tom Crowell; Jim Waverly; Lois Lane
5	The Bowling Alley Crimes	comic story	4	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Stan Kaye	Steve Bard; Clark Kent; Perry White; Whitey (villain, introduction); Turk (villain, introduction); unnamed crook (villain, introduction)
7	Here's a Fact Magazine with Superman Punch!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
8	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
9	A Legend Comes True!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Burton Crowther (villain, introduction); Lois Lane; Casey Down
10	Stumpy	comic story	0.5	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
12	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
13	K Is the Letter for Kangaroo	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
14	Tin Badge	text story	2	script: Stan Carter
15	The Death of Clark Kent!	comic story	12	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent; also as Kenneth Clarkson]; Pinky Redd (villain, introduction); Professor Fergusson; Lois Lane; Hal Hocum

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman #284	1975	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-7476-4	2018	On eBay ›

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