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Superman #76

DC · Series began 1939 · May-June 1952

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Dates

Cover date: May-June 1952
On sale: March 5, 1952
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Wayne Boring, Gil Kane, Ray Thompson, Horace Elmo, Raymond Perry, Stan Kaye, Al Plastino, Al McLean, Fred Harmaninks: Win Mortimer, Stan Kaye, John Fischetti, Henry Boltinoff, Sy Barry, Ray Thompson, Horace Elmo, Raymond Perry, Al Plastino, Al McLean, Fred Harmanscript: Jack Schiff, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Bill Finger, Horace Elmo, Ben Galloway, Stan Kaye, Al McLeanletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Stan Kaye, Al McLean

Stories

The Mightiest Team in the World! · 12 pages
Superman and Batman learn each other's secret identities when they meet on a cruise while trying to find a diamond thief.
The Misfit Manhunter! · 12 pages
Young Joe Harris always wanted to be a G-Man, but his physical defects prevent him from being one...until Superman unwittingly gives Joe a chance to hold several non G-Man positions. Unfortunately, Frosty Harris and his gang plan to use Joe's physical liabilities against him in order to commit crimes.
The Gatling Gun · 2 pages
Story of how Richard Gatling invented the gun that carries his name.
Susie · 0.67 pages
Untitled · 0.67 pages
When Jerry's girl sees another man smoking a pipe, she comments that it looks so masculine. Jerry retorts by saying that his father gave him one for his birthday and that he would bring it over to show her. He does...with surprising results!
Mrs. Superman! · 12 pages
Lois gets the bright idea of arranging an engagement for Clark Kent to a girl friend of hers, all in hopes of then being able to marry Superman. But the Man of Steel learns of the plan and arranges a scheme to de-rail that attempt.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanDick GraysonRobinLois LaneCommissioner James GordonPerry WhiteJerry the JitterbugPegProfessor EurekaPrivate Pete

Reprinted in

Millennium Edition: Superman Vol. 1, #76 (2000), World's Finest Comics (1941), Superman (1947), All-American Men of War (1952), Superman Super Library (1964), Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971), The Super Heroes (1980), World's Finest Comics Archives (1999), Superman / Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007), Showcase Presents: World's Finest (2007), Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2013), Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus (2016), Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age (2017)