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Superman #19

DC · Series began 1939 · November-December 1942

Dates

Cover date
November-December 1942
On sale
August 30, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Burnley, Ed Dobrotka, Leo Nowak, Stan Asch, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Shusterinks: Jack Burnley, John Sikela, Leo Nowak, Stan Asch, Henry Boltinoffscript: Josette Frank, Jerry Siegel, Eddie Duane, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • Good Books Worth Reading · 0.67 pages
  • Case of the Funny Paper Crimes · 13 pages

    Superman must battle a new villain who has invented a machine that can materialize two-dimensional figures out of the comics to rob for him.

  • Putney Gets Into a Jam-- · 1 pages
  • Superman's Amazing Adventure · 13 pages

    Lois and Clark are marked for death by a gang of protection racketeers for writing stinging newspaper articles asking the Police to put a stop to it and by identifying the leader of the gang.

  • When In Doubt-- · 1 pages
  • The Canine and the Crooks · 13 pages

    When Clark and later Superman investigate as to why a Mr. Z is out to kill a dog, they discover that the man's aunt had left a fortune to that dog, and only when the animal died would the man get the inheritance!

  • Just-Like Junior · 2 pages
  • Grandstand Coach · 2 pages
  • Superman, Matinee Idol · 13 pages

    Clark and Lois decide to go to the movies, but when Clark discovers that it's the latest Fleischer Superman cartoon, he has to think fast to keep Lois from discovering that he is Superman.

Reprinted in

The Superman Archives (1989), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016), Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971), Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (1983)

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