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SUPERMAN #79

Cover Date: November-December 1952
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1952-09-08

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Citadel of Doom!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #174; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #174; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (in between World's Finest Comics #59 and #62)

Other Character(s):

various business magnates (first appearance for all; swindled by Luthr)

Location(s):

United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.


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Second Story: "The End of the Planet!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #157; next in issue #83)
Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #175)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #174; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

John Wilton (first appearance; buys the Planet just to shut it down; also tries to prevent its staff from crating a new paper)
Wilton's goons (first appearance for all)
an actor playing Wilton (first appearance)
"Skip" Enders (first appearance; a safe-cracker)

Other Character(s):

Daily Planet staff

Location(s):

United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #6/10 (July-August 1980)
Superman in the Fifties ([November] 2002)
Superman: Daily Planet ([May] 2006)
Superman in the Fifties (2020 [April 2021])


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Third Story: "The Revenge That Took 300 Years!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAl Schwartz
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #61)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #176)

Villain(s):

Roddy Greene (first appearance; also appearing as Guy Fawkes)

Other Character(s):

Ernest Hawkins (first appearance; England's greatest sleuth)

Location(s):

United Kingdom
London, England
Big Ben
Oxford College
Scotland Yard
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.


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