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SUPERMAN #19

Cover Date: November-December 1942
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1942-08-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Ray Burnley


Story: "Case of the Funny Paper Crimes" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsEd Dobrotka
InksJohn Sikela
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White
Sgt. Casey

Villain(s):

Funnyface (first appearance; creates living versions of comic strip drawings)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story is retold as a Post-Crisis story with members of the All-Star Squadron standing in for Superman (All-Star Squadron #64.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman #183 (January 1966)
Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971) [black and white, and Siegel and Shuster credit removed]
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (1983)
Superman Archives #5 (2000)
The Superman Chronicles #10 (2012)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Superman: The Golden Age #5 (2020)


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Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtLeo Nowak
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Skeets Monahan and his gang (first appearance for all; run a protection racket)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #5 (2000)
The Superman Chronicles #10 (2012)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Superman: The Golden Age #5 (2020)


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Third Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtLeo Nowak
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane
Jimmy Olsen

Villain(s):

Mr. Z and his thugs (Oscar Lanchester; first appearance of all; tries to kill a dog that will inherit an estate)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Archives #5 (2000)
The Superman Chronicles #10 (2012)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Superman: The Golden Age #5 (2020)


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Fourth Story: "Superman, Matinee Idol" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
Layout pencilsJoe Shuster
InksJohn Sikela
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.
Clark and Lois go to the movies and see a Superman cartoon!

Story Reprinted in:

Superman #183 (January 1966) [retitled]
Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971) [black and white, and modified]
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (1983)
Superman Archives #5 (2000)
The Superman Chronicles #10 (2012)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Superman: The Golden Age #5 (2020)


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