Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 44
On-sale Date: 1953-12-14
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #87 Edit Cover
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The Thing from 40,000 A.D.
(Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

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?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; The Thing; Lois Lane
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Can You Draw Me?
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page

The Thing from 40,000 A.D.!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Thing (villain, introduction, death)
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/; we formerly credited Bill Finger.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Best Present of All!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor

Superman's Super-Boners!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Cyrus Walters (introduction); Professor Vandyke (introduction)
Synopsis:
After making a series of near-fatal mistakes, Superman agrees to undergo a battery of tests to determine if his ability to use his powers is deteriorating.
Reprints (1)

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
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The Adventures of Superman TV Show / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Hit Tunes Records / Song Parade Records / Lucky Song Parade Records / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who discovered iron in what is now United States territory?
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

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Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

National Comics Publications 480 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Owners: J. Liebowitz; H. Donenfeld; P. Sampliner; Fred Iger; Irwin Donenfeld; Arlene Donenfeld; Sonia Donenfeld; G. Donenfeld; R. Liebowitz; S.U. Sampliner; L. Liebowitz; J. Liebowitz
Printed in New York (actually in Bridgeport, CT)

The Spear Hunters
(Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
Jack Miller (credited as John Mapes)
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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:H'lo, Vic!" "Hi, Ricky!
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[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Hopalong Cassidy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Prankster's Greatest Role!
(Table of Contents: 15)

Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Prankster (villain)
Synopsis:
When a play depicting Superman's battles with the Prankster comes to Metropolis, an infuriated Prankster decides to get his revenge on the producer and the play's audience.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.

Superman's Secret Message
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Bebe / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look at this swell mud, Bebe.
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 20)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Thing from 40,000 A.D.
    Superman
  2. Can You Draw Me?
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. The Thing from 40,000 A.D.!
    Superman
  4. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  5. ["Headhunters live in this part of the jungle!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  6. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. The Best Present of All!
    Binky
  8. Superman's Super-Boners!
    Superman
  9. Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
    The Adventures of Superman TV Show
  10. [no title indexed]
    Hit Tunes Records / Song Parade Records / Lucky Song Parade Records
  11. ["Who discovered iron in what is now United States territory?"]
    Quick Quiz
  12. [no title indexed]
  13. The Spear Hunters
  14. ["H'lo, Vic!" "Hi, Ricky!"]
    Varsity Vic
  15. [no title indexed]
    Hopalong Cassidy
  16. The Prankster's Greatest Role!
    Superman
  17. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  18. ["Look at this swell mud, Bebe."]
    Bebe
  19. [no title indexed]
    Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
  20. [no title indexed]
    MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals
  21. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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