Superman #55
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- November-December 1948
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Golden Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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DC: Superman National Comics
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/7098
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Too Many Heroes!
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Art
- Stan Kaye, line art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, penciller (background figures)
- Colours
- , colourist
Reprint history
1Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Prankster; Lois Lane; Professor Manley; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #22 ([March 1949?])
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Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #22 ([March 1949?]) — Prankster's Second Childhood
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Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #33 ([February 1967?]) — Prankster's Second Childhood
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Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #33 ([February 1967?]) — Prankster's Second Childhood
Synopsis
The Prankster is voted Most Admired Man by the students at the Manly Academy for Problem Children.
Notes
Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
6Featuring
- Feature
- U. S. Keds
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
7Featuring
- Feature
- Cracker Jack
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
8Featuring
- Feature
- Irvin Foster Sportswear
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
9Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Stephen Van Schuyler III; Mary Jones
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Woolfolk, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 ([February 1949]) — The Richest Man in the World
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #4 ([April 1958])
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #4 ([April 1958]) — The Richest Man in the World!
Synopsis
Millionaire Stephen Van Schuyler wants to marry Lois Lane, so she stages a contest to see who can give her the most spectacular gifts, Schuyler or Superman.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately following page 4 of the previous story sequence.
11"What a swell set!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 5 of the previous story sequence.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
13Featuring
- Feature
- Ingersoll Mickey Mouse Watch
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Williams, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
14
15"That's fine. I'll take them!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]
16Featuring
- Feature
- Supermen of America
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
17Featuring
- Genre
- Biography
- Characters
- Albert Einstein
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Samachson, author [credited as William Morrison]
- Text
- , typeset
18"Now for a nice quiet rest before dinner..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Sonny
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Bogle, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Jack Bogle, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
19Featuring
- Feature
- Monark Super Deluxe
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
20Featuring
- Feature
- Ray-o-Vac
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
21Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jonathan Trundle; Peter Lorloff ; Carole Lorloff; Stella Lorloff; Felix Lorloff
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #20 ([January 1949]) — Too Many Heroes!
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Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #20 ([January 1949])
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Superman Comics (KGM, 1950 series) #7 ([October 1950?])
Synopsis
Actor Peter Loroff wills all his money to the person who performs the most heroic deed in the week after his death.
22Featuring
- Feature
- American Flyer
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
23Featuring
- Feature
- "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
24"Here comes that big bully who's always picking on me!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Little Pete
- Genre
- Humor; children
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]
25Featuring
- Feature
- B. F. Goodrich
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
26Featuring
- Feature
- Thom McAn
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
27Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Manufacturing Co.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
28Featuring
- Feature
- Eveready
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B152799.
Indicia
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