Superman 1942

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Andrew Madura, 1265 Fran Mar Ct, Clermont, FL 34711

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Superman by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster  (1370-) 1st Daily January 16, 1939,  1st Sunday November 5, 1939 - For the Comic Book medium, Superman is the ultimate cultural icon that it has ever produced.   The newspaper version was created as a support vehicle, but in fact was the content of many of the early comic book collections.   Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster the Superman newspaper version stuck to the formula of the comic books,  continuity stories with plenty of cliffhangers sprinkled in between.  Siegel and Shuster teamed on the newspaper strips (both daily and Sunday) through mid-1942.  Their epic artwork and exciting pulp-ish stories were the epitome of Golden Age Comics.  Excellent cartoonists would follow, but the steel-jawed Superman of Siegel & Shuster is by far the most special of all versions.  The strip was offered exclusively as halves and tabs or smaller.  The market for these is strong.   The most asked-for strips are the origin strips which were produced every few years and show the baby Superman blasting off from the exploding planet Krypton.   Other premium strips include the first appearance of Lex Luthor, Superman's arch-enemy, and the the famous Giant Robot episode which was prominently re-created in the greatest of Max Fleischer's film cartoons.  Luckily for the collector, recognition of quality came early and many of these were hoarded.    The ample supply has the effect of depressing prices significantly.    Where the first Superman appearance in Comic Books can breach a quarter-million dollars or more, the first sunday paper appearance can be had for under a thousand.   Dailies are actually a little rarer and sell faster that the sundays.         
Newspaper Comics Links ---> Superman 1939-1942 Superman 1942 Superman 1942-43
Superman to 1944-47 Superman to 1947-49 Superman to 1949-up Superman Dailies

Sunday Comics

Item # Date-#-size* Condition* Price Notes
S1370-0101 1942/01/04 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #114 On reverse Squirrel Cage by Gene Ahern(H)
S1370-0679 1942/01/11 - F G/FR-G/VG $20.00 #115 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Buck Rogers(H), Aunt Jemima ad(H)
S1370-0106 1942/01/11 - H G/G/FR-G $12.00 #115 On reverse Life's Like That
S1370-0108 1942/01/18 - F G/G/VG $20.00 #116 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0110 1942/01/18 - H G/G/FR-G $12.00 #116 On reverse Joe Palooka
S1370-0112 1942/01/25 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #117 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0116 1942/02/01 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #118 On reverse Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover
S1370-0119 1942/02/08 - T VG/VG/VG $15.00 #119 On reverse King of the Royal Mounted by Zane Grey
S1370-0122 1942/02/08 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #119 On reverse Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover
S1370-0125 1942/02/15 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #120 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0126 1942/02/15 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #120 On reverse Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover
S1370-0130 1942/02/22 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #121 On reverse Ella Cinders by Plumb & Conselman
S1370-0131 1942/03/01 - F G/G/VG $20.00 #122 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0132 1942/03/01 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #122 On reverse Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover
S1370-0134 1942/03/08 - F FR/FR/VG $10.00 #123 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0135 1942/03/08 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #123 On reverse Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover
S1370-0138 1942/03/15 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #124 On reverse Ella Cinders by Plumb & Conselman
S1370-0140 1942/03/22 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #125 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0141 1942/03/22 - T VG/VG/VG $15.00 #125 On reverse Flyin' Jenny by Russell Keaton
S1370-0142 1942/03/22 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #125 On reverse Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover
S1370-0143 1942/03/29 - F FR-G/FR/VG $12.00 #126 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0144 1942/03/29 - T G/G/G $15.00 #126 On reverse Flyin' Jenny by Russell Keaton
S1370-0145 1942/03/29 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #126 On reverse Tillie the Toiler by Russ Westover
S1370-0148 1942/04/05 - F FR-G/FR/VG $12.00 #127 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Captain Easy by Roy Crane(F)
S1370-0150 1942/04/05 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #127 On reverse Ella Cinders by Plumb & Conselman
S1370-0152 1942/04/12 - F G/FR-G/VG $18.00 #128 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0153 1942/04/12 - T VG/VG/VG $15.00 #128 On reverse Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond
S1370-0154 1942/04/12 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #128 On reverse Terry & the Pirates by Milton Caniff
S1370-0684 1942/04/19 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #129 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tillie the Toiler(H), Oxydol ad(H)
S1370-0160 1942/04/19 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #129 On reverse Gumps by Gus Edson
S1370-0685 1942/04/26 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #130 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tillie the Toiler(H), Lifebuoy ad(H)
S1370-0165 1942/04/26 - T G/FR-G/G $12.00 #130 On reverse Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond
S1370-0166 1942/04/26 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #130 On reverse Terry & the Pirates by Milton Caniff
S1370-0169 1942/05/03 - F G/G/VG $20.00 #131 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tillie the Toiler(H), Oxydol ad(H)
S1370-0171 1942/05/03 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #131 On reverse Ripley's Believe it or not
S1370-0172 1942/05/10 - F G/G/VG $20.00 #132 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Toots & Casper(H), Super Suds ad(H)
S1370-0173 1942/05/10 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #132 On reverse Terry & the Pirates by Milton Caniff
S1370-0177 1942/05/17 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #133 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0179 1942/05/17 - T G-VG/G-VG/VG $15.00 #133 On reverse Flyin' Jenny by Russell Keaton
S1370-0181 1942/05/17 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #133 On reverse The Gumps by Gus Edson
S1370-0186 1942/05/24 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #134 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth(F)
S1370-0188 1942/05/24 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #134 On reverse Terry & the Pirates by Milton Caniff
S1370-0195 1942/06/07 - T FR-G/FR/G $20.00 #136 Origin of Superman Part #2 On reverse Our Boarding House by Gene Ahern
S1370-0196 1942/06/14 - T G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #137 On reverse Out our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0198 1942/06/14 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #137 No reverse
Newspaper Comics Links ---> Superman 1939-1942 Superman 1942 Superman 1942-43
Superman to 1944-47 Superman to 1947-49 Superman to 1949-up Superman Dailies

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