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86January 1954
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Superman #86

DC · January 1954 · on sale 1953-11-02

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#86
Publication date
January 1954
Key date
1954-01-00
On-sale date
1953-11-02
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Dragon from King Arthur's Court!cover1pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; a dragon
1Home, Sweet Home!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Ira SchnappBinky; Lucy
2The Dragon from King Arthur's Court!comic story9.67script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sir Burlston and the Round Table Club (introduction); a dragon
5-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
8Jimmy Olsen... Editor!comic story9.67script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Gaspipe Gang (villain, introduction); the Snipe [John Sawyer] (villain, introduction); Charles Morda (villain, introduction)
10-cartoon0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
12-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
14Safari Under the Seatext article2script: John Mapely; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
15The Fourth Dimension Gazette!comic story10pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Mr. Gunnison (Planet printer); Mr. Mxyztplk (villain)
16Three Smashing Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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