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71July-August 1951
$0.10

Superman #71

DC · July-August 1951 · on sale 1951-05-02

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#71
Publication date
July-August 1951
Key date
1951-07-00
On-sale date
1951-05-02
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Clark Kent's Super-Masquerade!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Now More Than Ever!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2Clark Kent's Super-Masquerade!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeR24 (Intro, Villain)
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Anti-Superman Club!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoThe Anti-Superman Club (Intro)
8-cartoon0.75script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
10-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11Minus Three Ninetytext article2script: David Kahn
12-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
14-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
16The Man Who Stole the Oceans!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeLex Luthor (Villain)
18-cartoon0.67script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen; letters: Stookie Allen
19Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
20Look for the Real Reason!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 5.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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