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SUPERMAN #88

Cover Date: March 1954
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1954-01-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Toughest Job in the World!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #190; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #190; next in the second story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Action Comics #190; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

an unnamed tunnel engineer and his two assistants (first appearance for all; caught using inferior cement in a subway tunnel project)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis (including construction and steel plant workers)
Gorman (first appearance; a truck driver)
a group of unruly kids (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Metropolis Steel Works (first appearance)
Metropolis Suspension Bridge worksite (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.


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Second Story: "The Dog Who Loved Superman!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #87/2; next in Action Comics #192)
Lois Lane (in between the first and the third story in this issue)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #69)

Villain(s):

The Professor (first appearance)
Gilt-Edge George (first appearance)
Eddie LaForce (first appearance)
The Pete Willis Mob (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Reginald Chauncey Applethwaite III (a dog, first appearance)
a young boy in Paris (first appearance; is given Reginald by Superman)

Location(s):

France
Paris
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.


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Third Story: "The Terrible Trio!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Woolfolk
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #69)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #69)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (in between issues #85 and #89/3)
Prankster (last in issue #87/3; final appearance)
Toyman (last in issue #63/2; final appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story features the Golden Age versions of characters.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #11/3 (June 1965)
Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers) (1971) [black and white]
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers) (1983)
The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (1989 [January 1990])
The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([June] 1990)


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