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Issue: Superman #55
Publication Date: November 1948
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Issues: #55 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/30/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 29 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B152799.
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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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Too Many Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring; Stan Kaye (background figures)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #55 published January 1949
as Too Many Heroes [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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America's Greatest Comics Characters

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Prankster's Second Childhood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Prankster; Lois Lane; Professor Manley; Perry White
Synopsis: The Prankster is voted Most Admired Man by the students at the Manly Academy for Problem Children.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Special Edition [Kellogg's Mini-Comic] #[nn] published January 1954
as Prankster's Second Childhood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.
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Bob Feller

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Death on the Speedway

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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In Keds It's a Breeze!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): U. S. Keds
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bill Wins?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cracker Jack
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Irvin Foster Sportswear
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Pages: 0.5
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The Richest Man in the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Stephen Van Schuyler III; Mary Jones
Synopsis: Millionaire Stephen Van Schuyler wants to marry Lois Lane, so she stages a contest to see who can give her the most spectacular gifts, Schuyler or Superman.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21 published February 1949
as The Richest Man in the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Special Edition [Kellogg's Mini-Comic] #[nn] published January 1954
as The Richest Man in the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann Spesialnummer #1/1966 published January 1966
as "Verdens rikeste mann har bestemt seg for å sette alt inn på å bevise at han er like mektig som Stålmannen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 4 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
First Line: What a swell set!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 5 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia
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Pages: 1
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Jimmie Saves the Limited

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Williams
Inker(s): Bill Williams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ingersoll Mickey Mouse Watch
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win
Inker(s): Lit-Win
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Meow!" "Shoo, cat!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: That's fine. I'll take them!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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The Boy Who Wasn't Too Bright

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson [as William Morrison]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Albert Einstein
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Bogle (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Bogle (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Bogle (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sonny
First Line: Now for a nice quiet rest before dinner...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monark Super Deluxe
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Pages: 0.5
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Avalanche!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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Pages: 1
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Too Many Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Jonathan Trundle; Peter Lorloff ; Carole Lorloff; Stella Lorloff; Felix Lorloff
Synopsis: Actor Peter Loroff wills all his money to the person who performs the most heroic deed in the week after his death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann Spesialnummer #1/1966 published January 1966
as For mange helter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Flyer
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Saving the Secret Supersonic Plane

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Pete
First Line: Here comes that big bully who's always picking on me!
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Pages: 0.5
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Yea, Bucko!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): B. F. Goodrich
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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How to Catch More Fish

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eveready
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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