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77July-August 1952
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Superman #77

DC · July-August 1952 · on sale 1952-05-05

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Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#77
Publication date
July-August 1952
Key date
1952-07-00
On-sale date
1952-05-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man Who Went to Krypton!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman
1Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man Who Went to Krypton!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman (Origin retold); Jor-El (Flashback); Lara (Flashback); Professor William Enders (Introduction); Happy Murrel (Villain, Introduction); Kal-El (unnamed)
5The Greatest Pitcher in the World!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeThe Professor (villain, introduction); the Fixer (villain, introduction)
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
10-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12Greatest Showman in the Worldtext article2script: Don Kane; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond PerryP. T. Barnum
13-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
15The Amazin' Maze!activity1script: Al McLean; pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean
16Superman Meets Pocahontas!comic story12pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman; Lois Lane; Pocahontas; Perry White; Chief Powatan
17-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
19-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
20Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
21The Craziest Pair in Historypromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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