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Issue: Superman #32
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #32 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Superman, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/28/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Superman in the 1930s & 1940s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1940s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #8 published December 2010
as Superman #32 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman; Batman; Boy Commandos
First Line: Only in a Superman DC Publication are found...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman's Search for Clark Kent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alvin Schwartz [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Don Komisarow [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. J. Stokel; Ladislow Bulge (circus strong man); Van Gildedge; Mart Mink (villain, introduction); Squiffy (villain)
Synopsis: Superman agrees to undergo the powerful rays of a machine designed to study brain tissue, but, instead, ends up with temporary amnesia and he forgets his secret identity.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #8 published December 2010
as Superman's Search for Clark Kent! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Superman's cape "S" symbol is yellow on red.

Schwartz first claimed this credit in an interview in a 1990 issue of the FLORIDA TIMES.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Lichty (signed)
Inker(s): George Lichty (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: First horse thievin'...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crime on Skis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Don Komisarow [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Heron (Ski Valley manager); Kenn (death); Professor Crane; Detective Drake; Mr. Kite (bird trainer); Joe Black Eagle; Clip Gimmick (villain); Ted Swan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Superman, in the guise of Clark Kent, travels with Lois to Ski Valley, which is being threatened by a death bird: a half-man, half-bird creature of Indian lore, and discovers a gang of crooks using this "bird" to scare off patrons so they can successfully smuggle out stolen furs.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #8 published December 2010
as Crime on Skis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Robbins ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Gee, Professor, what is it?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady] (signed)
Penciller(s): Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady] (signed)
Inker(s): Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady]
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grandpa Peters
Character(s): Grandpa Peters
First Line: Seven hundred and ninety nine...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Bomb Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jesse Merlan] (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Second page on inside back cover.
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Monkey Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as Jerry] (signed)
Penciller(s): Sam Citron [as Joe] (signed)
Inker(s): Don Komisarow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman [as Clark Kent]; Perry White; unnamed ventriloquist (villain)
Synopsis: Lois is assigned to cover a story at the City Park Zoo, but runs into a group of park pickpockets that changes the angle of the story.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #8 published December 2010
as Monkey Business [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The Archive edition titles this story "Monkey Business".
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Hmm -- Look at Peterson!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Toys of Treachery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Don Komisarow [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mrs. Withers-Wade; The Toyman [Winslow Percival Schott; Monsieur Printemps] (villain)
Synopsis: The Toyman, having read up on the French Revolution, discovers that many rich noblemen, before being seized and executed, hid their treasures in a variety of things. Superman must stop the diabolical genius from actually succeeding in seizing that loot.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Archives #8 published December 2010
as Toys of Treachery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Electric Football
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Barlow (signed)
Inker(s): Tony Barlow (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Got a stick of gum, Joe?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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