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79November-December 1952
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Superman #79

DC · November-December 1952 · on sale 1952-09-08

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
November-December 1952
Key date
1952-11-00
On-sale date
1952-09-08
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Citadel of Doom!cover1pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
1Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappJoe; Buzzy Brown; Mr. Brown
2Citadel of Doom!comic story9.5script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeLex Luthor (Villain)
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6The End of the Planet!comic story9.67script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; John Wilton (villain, introduction, briefly publishes the DAILY PLANET); "Skip" Enders
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10-cartoon0.75script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
12Can Everybody Speak the Same?text article2script: Dick Keene
13The Revenge That Took 300 Years!comic story12script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoInspector Erskine Hawkins; "Guy Fawkes" [Roddy Greene] (Villain, Intro)
14Big Townpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
15Big Features in One Big Book!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Best of DC #61980On eBay ›
Superman: Daily Planet #[nn]
ISBN 1401209394		2006On eBay ›
Superman in the Fifties #[nn]
ISBN 1563898268		2002On eBay ›

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Series context

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