Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #59

Cover Date: July-August 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1949-05-02

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "Lois Lane - Queen of the Amazons!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #134; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #134; next in the second story in this issue)

Perry White (last in Action Comics #134; next in the third story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

a tribe of Amazons (first appearance; Manya named)

Location(s):

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Metropolis Museum

Venezuela

Amazonia (first appearance; village of an Amazon tribe)

Comment(s):

This story features characters from Earth-Two.

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Second Story: "The Man of Steel's Super Manhunt!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and the third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Alan Shotwell (first appearance; a big game hunter; dies)

Other Character(s):

Alan Shotwell's doctor (first appearance)

Mrs. Van Dyne (first appearance; a crusie ship passenger)

the captain of a cruise ship (first appearance)

Location(s):

Earth

Africa

a jungle in an unidentified country

Antarctica

Gibraltar

Rock of Gibraltar

Island of Mahrobi

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features characters from Earth-Two.

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Third Story: "The City That Forgot Superman" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Al Schwartz
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #41)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #41)

Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #41)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyztplk (in between issues #51 and #62/3)

the Orange Gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Earth

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place on April 10th. Superman notes he has been in action for at least 10 years, citing a time capsule buried in 1939.

This story takes place on Earth-Two.

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