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85November-December 1953
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Superman #85

DC · November-December 1953 · on sale 1953-09-07

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#85
Publication date
November-December 1953
Key date
1953-11-00
On-sale date
1953-09-07
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Weakling Who Became a Superman!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperman [Clark Kent]; Caspar Snelling
1United Nations Day -- October 24thpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
2Luthor - Hero!comic story9.67script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain)
5-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7Clark Kent, Gentleman Journalist!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Harvey Gray (introduction, latest PLANET publisher); Griselda Gray (introduction); Egbert Smills (villain, introduction)
9-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
11U.S.S.?text article2script: E. J. Jeffrey; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
15The Weakling Who Became a Superman!comic story10pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Prof. Caspar Snelling (introduction)
16The Line of Stars Presentspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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