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SUPERMAN #48

Cover Date: September-October 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1947-06-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: George Roussos


Story: " The Man Who Stole the Sun!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJohn Sikela
InksGeorge Roussos
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in World's Finest Comics #28; next in Action Comics #125)

Other Character(s):

President of the United States

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Washington, DC

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.
This story takes place in summer.

Story Reprinted in:

Three-Dimension Adventures Superman (November 1953)
Superman in the Forties (2005)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2019)


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Second Story: "Autograph, Please!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Sikela
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (time travels under his own power)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane
Jimmy

Villain(s):

Sharpley and Mugsy (first appearance for both; bodyguards to a spoiled rich kid trying to win autograph contest)
Flatnosed Flannigan
Unnamed bank robbers

Other Character(s):

President Harry S. Truman; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Walter Winchell; Danny Kaye; Eddie Kantor; Ray Milland; Marguerite Chapman; Jimmy Durante
George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Julius Caesar; Napoleon Bonaparte; Leonardo Da Vinci; Rembrandt van Rijn; Robert Fulton; Sir Isaac Newton; Benjamin Franklin; Alexander Graham Bell (met by Superman in the past)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-38 (October-November December 1975)
Superman: Past and Future (2009)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2019)


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Third Story: "The Rarest Secret In the World!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJohn Sikela
InksGeorge Roussos
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (also in flashback to issue #6)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Fathead Gurney and his gang (first appearance for all; an extortion racketeer)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

These are the Earth-Two versions of these characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2019)


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