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90July 1954
$0.10

Superman #90

DC · July 1954 · on sale 1954-05-03

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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue
#90
Publication date
July 1954
Key date
1954-07-00
On-sale date
1954-05-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superman's Secret Past!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperman; Superboy; Superbaby
1Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Superman's Last Job!comic story9.67script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Red Evans (Villain, Intro)
6Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
7Superman's Secret Past!comic story9.5script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoProfessor Snelling (Intro); Superbaby (Flashback); Superboy (Flashback); Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Martha Kent (Flashback)
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11The Man Who Caught a Subtext article2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14The Titanic Thefts!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain); Perry White
17The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dogpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 7.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Superman vs. Lex Luthor #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0951-3; 978-1-4012-0951-3
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