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Superman #44

DC · Series began 1939 · January-February 1947

Dates

Cover date
January-February 1947
On sale
October 28, 1946
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Ira Yarbrough, Lit-Win, Phil Berube, Fred Harmanscript: Don C. Cameron, Mal Terret, Lit-Win, Phil Berubeinks: George Roussos, Lit-Win, Phil Berube, Fred Harman

Stories

  • Playthings of Peril! · 12 pages

    Toyman gives some greedy businessmen a chance to appear to be helping poor children by donating the use of special toys, but in reality it is a scheme by Toyman to rob the businessmen.

  • The Men Who Didn't Die on Time! · 12 pages

    Superman investigates when the obituary editor at the Daily Planet starts printing obituaries of people before they die, only to have them subsequently die in the same way that the obituary foretold.

  • Sky Ride · 2 pages
  • Shakespeare's Ghost Writer! · 13 pages

    Lois and Clark are accidentally sent through time, where with the help of Superman they save the life of William Shakespeare. Because of Superman's appearance in the past, Lois thinks Clark must be Superman, but he fools her with a dummy and some ventriloquism. Stuck in the past, Lois and Clark start the first newspaper, and Superman helps Shakespeare write Macbeth.

Reprinted in

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)

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