DC Comics#[1]
Superman
Superman #[1]
Scientific Explanation of Superman's Amazing Strength--!
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Cover date
- July 1939
- On sale
- May 18, 1939
- Cover price
- $0.10
- Pages
- 68
Key issue
- 1st appearance of Martha Kent
- Death of Jonathan Kent
- 1st appearance of Lois Lane
A rocketship, carrying an infant, rockets from the planet Krypton as it blows up, and lands on the Earth where a couple named the Kents find the baby inside the rocket and eventually adopt him. This infant boy grows up to be Superman.
Editions and variants
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1 recorded
Main editionMain
Printing not stated · $0.10
No barcode recorded
Credits
- Writer
- Jerry Siegel
- Penciller
- Joe Shuster
- Inker
- Joe Shuster
- Colorist
- Strauss Engraving Company
Sources
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