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SUPERMAN #56

Cover Date: January-February 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1948-11-01

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Prankster Picks a Partner!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #128; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #128; next in the second story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #128; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Prankster (in between issues #55 and #60)
Lefty (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Passengers aboard the steamboat Dixie Queen (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features characters from Earth-Two.


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Second Story: "The Man Who Couldn't Laugh!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between the first and the third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #38)

Villain(s):

a gang of crooks

Other Character(s):

F.P. Crotchett (first appearance; also in flashbacks; an oil millionaire who hasn't laughed in 20 years)
Little Joe Blaney (first appearance; also in flashbacks; Crotchett's former vaudeville partner)
J.J. Jayne (first appearance; Crotchett and Blaney's former employer)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

United States of America
Greenburgh
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Speonk, NY
various unidentified locations

Comment(s):

This story features characters from Earth-Two.


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Third Story: "Smartypants" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAl Schwartz
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #38)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #38)

Other Character(s):

Professor C.C. Skynhedd (first appearance; believes children should be free to do whatever they choose without intervention)
"Smartpants" (first appearance; a precocious two year old girl)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two.


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