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SUPERMAN #83

Cover Date: July-August 1953
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1953-05-04

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "Destination X!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #182; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #182; next in the second story in this issue)

Perry White (last in Action Comics #181; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

The Brain (first appearance; no relation to the later Doom Patrol villain the Brain)

Spider (first appearance; a gang member posing as Superman)

other members of the Brain's gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Earth

North Africa

The Sahara

Egypt

The Sphinx (destroyed, presumably rebuilt by Superman)

Greece

The Parthenon (destroyed, presumably rebuilt by Superman)

Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa (destroyed, rebuilt by Superman)

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.

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Second Story: "The Search for the Bravest Woman" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and the third story in this issue; wins Bravest Woman contest)

Perry White (in between the first and the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Grissom (first appearance; a Press Agent for Lavish Studios)

Other Character(s):

Finalists for the Daily Planet's Bravest Woman contest)

Billie Brown (first appearance; a stunt pilot)

Greta Gage (first appearance; a stuntwoman for Lavish Studios)

Hilda Gaye (first appearance; a high diver)

Lynne Paris (first appearance; a circus aerialist)

an airplane mechanic (first appearance)

Hilda Gaye's coach (first appearance

Lynene Paris' husband (first appearance

Location(s):

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.

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Third Story: "Clark Kent--Convict" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Al Schwartz
Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #65)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #65)

Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #65)

Other Character(s):

Warden Ellis Graham (first appearance)

prison guards

prison convicts

Location(s):

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

State Penitentiary

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.

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