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Superman #79

DC · Series began 1939 · November-December 1952

Dates

Cover date
November-December 1952
On sale
September 8, 1952
Pages
44

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Win Mortimer, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Al Plastino, Horace Elmoinks: Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Al Plastino, Horace Elmoscript: Jack Schiff, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Dick Keene, Al Schwartzletters: Ira Schnapp, Horace Elmo

Stories

  • Citadel of Doom! · 9.5 pages
  • The End of the Planet! · 9.67 pages

    When newspaper mogul John Wilton buys the Daily Planet and immediately shuts it down, the former employees start their own paper, gathering scoops in the new jobs they have taken to pay the bills. But Wilton tries to shut down this new competitor permanently.

  • Can Everybody Speak the Same? · 2 pages
  • The Revenge That Took 300 Years! · 12 pages

Reprinted in

The Best of DC (1979), Superman in the Fifties (2002), Superman: Daily Planet (2006), Superman in the Fifties (2021)

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