Superman #51
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- March-April 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
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/6547
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, Assistant Editor [attributed]
- Mort Weisinger, Assistant Editor [attributed]
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
Credits
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Credit Sales Company
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyztplk (villain); King of Topsy Turvy World (introduction); Princess of Topsy Turvy World (introduction); Lois Lane; Perry White; Seymour Salmon
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Superman All Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1948 series) #12 ([May 1948?]) — Mr. Mxyztplk Seeks a Wife
Synopsis
Mxyztplk tries to get Lois Lane to marry him so he won't have to marry the king's daughter.
Notes
Mxyztplk's home called Topsy Turvy World, instead of Zrfff. The king is not Brpxz.
Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
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- Art
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4Featuring
- Feature
- Meet a Bit-o-Honey
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Text
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5Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Ohm (villain, introduction); Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Brighton; Jack; Felix
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #68 ([April 1953]) — The Magnetic Gang
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Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #41 (August 1953) — The Magnetic Gang
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Superman Super Library (Colour Comics, 1964 series) #32 ([January 1967]) — The Magnetic Gang!
Synopsis
To foil armored car robberies, a security company switches to tanks to make its shipments. But Mr. Ohnm develops a powerful magnet plane that is able to lift the tanks into the air and steal them.
Notes
writer verified by Martin O'Hearn
6Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
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7Featuring
- Feature
- Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter [as S. B. Black]
- Art
- , line art [as S. B. Black]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
8Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
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- Text
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9Credits
- Writing
- Cliff Rhodes, author
- Art
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10Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
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- , colourist
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11Featuring
- Feature
- Mr. District Attorney
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
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12Featuring
- Feature
- Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
13Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Pudge Purdy (villain, introduction); gang members
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Steve Brodie , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #61 ([September 1952?]) — The Man Who Bossed Superman!
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Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #34 (January 1953) — The Man Who Bossed Superman!
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Three-Dimension Adventures Superman (DC, 1953 series) (1953) — The Man Who Bossed Superman
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #49 ([May 1969?]) — The Man who Bossed Superman
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Superman 3-D (DC, 1997 series) ([February] 1998) — The Man Who Bossed Superman
Synopsis
To raise money for charity, a contest is held where the winner will get Superman to carry out their wishes for a day. When gangster Pudge Purdy wins the contest, Superman must use his wits to fulfill the terms of the contest without allowing Purdy to profit from Superman's deeds.
Notes
Rehashed in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #130.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chem. Co.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
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15Featuring
- Feature
- Supermen of America
Credits
- Writing
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- Text
- , typeset
16"The hurricane is headed due north..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Chief Hot Foot
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
17Featuring
- Feature
- Leave It to Binky
Credits
- Writing
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18Featuring
- Feature
- Illinois Merchandise Mart
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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19Featuring
- Feature
- National Radio Institute
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Eveready
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Text
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Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Last Siegel and Shuster by-lines in this issue.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.