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Superman (1939) - #3
DC Comics


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Cover Date: Winter 1939
Cover Price: US $ 0.10

Issue Tagline: Amazing Adventures of the Greatest Man On Earth: Superman!

Format: Color; Standard Comic Issue; 64 pages

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Reprints/Collects:
Action Comics (1938) #5
Action Comics (1938) #6

Reprinted/Collected in:
Superman Archives (1989) HC vol. 01
Superman Archives (1989) HC vol. 01 (2nd Printing)
The Superman Chronicles (2006) TPB vol. 02
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013) HC vol. 01

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Writer(s):
Jerome 'Jerry' Siegel

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Joe Shuster

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Dennis Neville

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(Unknown Creator)

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Joe Shuster

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Frankie Dennis
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Reprints Action Comics #5

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Writer(s):
George Papp

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Writer(s):
Bert Lexington

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Jerome 'Jerry' Siegel

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Joe Shuster

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Writer(s):
Fred Schwab

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Fred Schwab

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Fred Schwab

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Jerome 'Jerry' Siegel

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Joe Shuster

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Paul H. Cassidy

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Joe Shuster

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