Unofficial Superman Index

SUPERMAN #77

Cover Date: July-August 1952
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1952-05-05

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "The Man Who Went to Krypton!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #170; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #170; next in the second story in this issue)

Jor-L (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Lara (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Buttons Harris (first appearance)

Rocky (first appearance)

Lefty (first appearance)

"Happy" Murrel and his gang (first appearance for all)

construction equipment thieves (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Professor Enders (first appearance; also in flashbacks; with Jor-El's instruction, builds a matter transmitter to visit Krypton)

Daily Planet science editor (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton

Kryptonopolis (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

United States of America

Coast City

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Smallville (in flashback)

Comment(s):

It is explained in the story that the matter transmitter could no longer be used to escape Krypton due to the planet's growing radiation levels.

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Second Story: "The Greatest Pitcher in the World!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

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):

The Fixer (first appearance)

The Professor (first appearance; creates artificial kryptonite)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #36/3 (May 1983)

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Third Story: "Superman Meets Pocahontas!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #59)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #59)

Perry White (in between Action Comics #169 and #172)

Location(s):

Metropolis

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