Superman #68

DC Comics

United States

Published
January-February 1951
Page count
52
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
DC: Superman National Comics
 
DC: Superman National Comics
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/8658

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, Editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Superman) Cover, 1 page

"You'll witness an amazing duel when arch-criminal Luthor wages a scientific war against the Man of Steel!"

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor

Credits

Art
Win Mortimer, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #47 ([July 1951?])
Untitled
 
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #47 ([July 1951?])
No title recorded
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #20 (November 1951)
No title recorded
Show/hide 1. Untitled (Kodak) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Kodak

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Text
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Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Six Elements of Crime! (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
Al Plastino, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #2/1963

Notes

Story retold in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #292.

Show/hide 3. Untitled (Schwinn) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Schwinn

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Text
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Show/hide 4. Untitled (Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

"It's a hold-up!"

Featuring

Feature
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
Genre
Children

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Ray Thompson, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 5. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.5 pages

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Writing
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Text
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Show/hide 6. Lois Lane's Royal Romance! (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; King Harrup II

Credits

Writing
Bill Woolfolk, scripter
Art
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #74 ([October 1953])
Lois Lane's Royal Romance!
 
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #74 ([October 1953])

Notes

Story retold in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #28. Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk, but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.

Show/hide 7. Captain Tootsie Traps Jewel Thieves (Captain Tootsie [ad]; Tootsie Roll) Comics-form advertising, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Captain Tootsie [ad]; Tootsie Roll
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Fatso; Susan; Marybelle

Credits

Writing
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Art
William Schreiber, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Synopsis

The kids call on Captain Tootsie to stop some art thieves at the museum.

Show/hide 8. Untitled (Little Pete) Comic story, 0.67 pages

"Oh boy, nobody home!"

Featuring

Feature
Little Pete
Genre
Humour
Characters
Little Pete

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #47 ([July 1951?])
Untitled
 
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #47 ([July 1951?])
Untitled
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #20 (November 1951)
Untitled

Notes

Information on this sequence from Joe Lovece.

Show/hide 9. Superman's Secret Message (Supermen of America) Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Supermen of America

Credits

Writing
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 10. Santa Claus Was a Thin Man Text article, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction
Characters
Santa Claus

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Text
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Show/hide 11. Untitled (Peg) Comic story, 0.75 pages

"Jeepers, why did I get stuck with Willie?"

Featuring

Feature
Peg
Genre
Humour
Characters
Peg

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]

Reprint history

Also printed
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #47 ([July 1951?])
Untitled
 
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #47 ([July 1951?])
Untitled
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #20 (November 1951)
Untitled

Notes

Information on this sequence from Joe Lovece.

Show/hide 12. Untitled (Columbia) Advertisement, 0.25 pages

Featuring

Feature
Columbia

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 13. Untitled (Fun An' Fact) Cartoon, 0.75 pages

"There are only 44 sounds in the English language!"

Featuring

Feature
Fun An' Fact
Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Writing
Martin Naydel, scripter [signed]
Art
Martin Naydel, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #1 ([August 1956])
Untitled  (only "About a Boat" panel reprinted.)

Notes

Information on this sequence from Joe Lovece.

Show/hide 14. Lucky Block (Nestlé's Crunch) Advertisement, 0.25 pages

Featuring

Feature
Nestlé's Crunch

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 15. Superman, Hotel Manager! (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman; Judd Bixby (Introduction)

Credits

Writing
Al Schwartz, scripter
Art
Al Plastino, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #46 ([June 1951?])
Superman, Hotel Manager
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #19 (October 1951)
Superman, Hotel Manager
Show/hide 16. Untitled (Roadmaster) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Roadmaster

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Notes

On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.

Show/hide 17. How to Bring Christmas Cheer (Superboy) Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Advocacy; superhero

Credits

Writing
Jack Schiff, scripter
Art
Win Mortimer, penciller
 
Creig Flessel, inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer

Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Show/hide 18. We've Got News for You! (Strange Adventures) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Strange Adventures

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 19. Untitled (Wilson Chem. Co.) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Wilson Chem. Co.

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 20. Untitled (National Radio Institute) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
National Radio Institute

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Text
, typeset

Notes

Inside back cover.

Show/hide 21. Be a Cowboy (Daisy Air Rifles) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Daisy Air Rifles

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Fred Harman, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset

Notes

Back cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 37022

Entry created

  • 13/07/2008

Cover added

  • 19/09/2010

Index completed

  • 19/09/2010

Last updated

  • 05/08/2021