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SUPERMAN #76
Cover Date: May-June 1952
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1952-03-05
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
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Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | John Fischetti (p 1-8), Stan Kaye (p 9-12) |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in flashback in World's Finest Comics #94; next in flashback in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #5/3)
Guest Star(s):
- Batman (first Earth-One appearance; last in flashback in World's Finest Comics #94; next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #156)
Supporting Character(s):
- Robin (first Earth-One appearance; last in flashback in World's Finest Comics #94; next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #156)
- Commissioner Gordon (first Earth-One appearance; last in flashback in Detective Comics #234; next in Detective Comics #215)
- Lois Lane (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #1; next in issue #78/3)
Villain(s):
- Gell (first appearance)
- John Smilter (first appearance; steals diamonds and hides out on a cruise ship)
Other Character(s):
- cruise passengers (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Atlantic Ocean
- onboard the cruise ship Varania
- United States of America
Comment(s):
- This story may have also occurred on Earth-Two, but this is unconfirmed.
Story Reprinted in:
- World's Finest Comics #179 (October-November 1968)
- Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (1971) [black and white]
- World's Finest Comics Archives #1 (March 1999)
- Millennium Edition: Superman Vol. 1 #76 (May 2000)
- Superman / Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007)
- Showcase Presents: World's Finest #1 (2007)
- Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2013)
- Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
- Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics: The Silver Age #1 (2017)
Solicitation:
- For the first time, Superman and Batman learn each other's secret identities when they meet on a cruise while trying to find a diamond thief.
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Action Comics #168; next in the third story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Frosty Ferris and his gang (first appearance for all; Pete named)
Other Character(s):
- Joe Harris (first appearance; wants to work for the FBI, but as many phobias)
- Henry Smithers (first appearance; an FBI agent)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Washington, DC (possibly?)
Comment(s):
- This story features the Golden Age / Pre-Crisis Earth-2 versions of characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Millennium Edition: Superman Vol. 1 #76 (May 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Dorothy Woolfolk |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #58)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #168; next in World's Finest Comics #58)
- Perry White (last in Action Comics #167; next in World's Finest Comics #58)
Villain(s):
- "Shut-Eye" Collins (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Lorraine Jennings (first appearance; an attractive friend of Lois'; tries to fix her up with Clark Kent; marries her hairdresser, Armand Larval)
- Armand Laval (first appearance; a hairdresser)
- a delivery boy
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The stry occurs over the course of about two weeks, including Valentine's Day.
- This story features the Golden Age / Pre-Crisis Earth-2 versions of characters.
Story Reprinted in:
- Millennium Edition: Superman Vol. 1 #76 (May 2000)