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72September-October 1951
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Superman #72

DC · September-October 1951 · on sale 1951-07-01

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Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#72
Publication date
September-October 1951
Key date
1951-09-00
On-sale date
1951-07-01
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Flight of the Failures!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
2The Unfunny Prankster!comic story12script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeThe Prankster (Villain); The Financier [Van Retz] (Intro, Villain)
4-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6The Private Life of Perry White!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoPerry White (Origin details); Alice White (Perry's wife, Intro); Will White (Perry's son, Intro); Superboy (in flashback to ADVENTURE COMICS #?)
8-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
10The Man Who Knew All the Wordstext article2script: Barbara FairbanksNoah Webster
12Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
13-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
15The Flight of the Failures!comic story13pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan KayeHarvey Follensby (Intro); Manton (Intro); Miss Starr (Intro); Evans (Intro)
16Buzzy Says: "Old Folks Are People, Too!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
17Favorites in Fantasy!promo (ad from the publisher)1
18-cartoon0.67script: Horace Elmo; pencils: Horace Elmo; inks: Horace Elmo; letters: Horace Elmo

Plus 6.41 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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