Superman 1942-43

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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
S1370-0203 1942/06/21 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #138 On reverse The Gumps by Gus Edson
S1370-0207 1942/06/28 - T VG/VG/VG $15.00 #139 On reverse King of the Royal Mounted by Zane Grey
S1370-0211 1942/06/28 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #139 On reverse Don Winslow by Frank Martinek
S1370-0214 1942/07/05 - T VG/VG/VG $15.00 #140 On reverse King of the Royal Mounted by Zane Grey
S1370-0722 1942/07/05 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #140 On reverse BWO Tarzan by Burne Hogarth
S1370-0219 1942/07/12 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #141 On reverse Life's Like That
S1370-0220 1942/07/19 - T FR-G/FR-G/VG $10.00 #142 On reverse Out our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0222 1942/07/19 - H G/G/G $15.00 #142 On reverse Off The Record
S1370-0224 1942/08/02 - T FR-G/FR-G/VG $10.00 #144 On reverse Out our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0226 1942/08/09 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #145 On reverse L'il Abner by Al Capp
S1370-0228 1942/08/16 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #146 On reverse The Little King
S1370-0230 1942/08/23 - T G/G/VG $15.00 #147 On reverse Napoleon by Clifford McBride
S1370-0232 1942/08/23 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #147 On reverse The Timid Soul by HT Webster
S1370-0234 1942/08/30 - T FR/FR/FR $5.00 #148 On reverse Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond
S1370-0235 1942/08/30 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #148 On reverse L'il Abner by Al Capp
S1370-0237 1942/09/06 - T FR-G/FR-G/VG $10.00 #149 On reverse Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher
S1370-0723 1942/09/06 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #149 No reverse
S1370-0239 1942/09/13 - T G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #150 On reverse Out our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0241 1942/09/20 - T FR-G/FR-G/VG $10.00 #151 On reverse Our Boarding House by Gene Ahern
S1370-0242 1942/09/20 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #151 On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth
S1370-0244 1942/09/27 - T G/FR-G/VG $15.00 #152 On reverse Out our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0245 1942/09/27 - H G/G/VG $15.00 #152 On reverse BWO Tarzan by Burne Hogarth
S1370-0246 1942/10/04 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #153 On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth
S1370-0697 1942/10/11 - F VG/VG/VG $20.00 #154 Half on Full w/Navy Bob Steele(H), On reverse Nut Bros/Our Boarding House(F)
S1370-0249 1942/10/11 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #154 On reverse Life's Like That by Fred Neher
S1370-0251 1942/10/18 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #155 On reverse Life's Like That by Fred Neher
S1370-0252 1942/10/25 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #156 On reverse Carnival
S1370-0253 1942/11/01 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #157 On reverse Off The Record by Ed Reed
S1370-0254 1942/11/08 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #158 On reverse Joe Palooka by Ham Fisher
S1370-0255 1942/11/22 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #160 On reverse BWO Tarzan by Burne Hogarth
S1370-0257 1942/12/06 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #162 TT on Full w/Colgate ad(TH), on reverse Grin and Bear It(H), Joe Palooka(H)
S1370-0258 1942/12/06 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #162 On reverse BWO Tarzan by Burne Hogarth
S1370-0260 1942/12/13 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #163 On reverse Mary Worth by Martha Orr
S1370-0262 1942/12/20 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #164 On reverse Smokey Stover by Bill Holman
S1370-0264 1942/12/27 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #165 On reverse Mary Worth by Ken Ernst
S1370-0266 1943/01/03 - H FR/FR/G $5.00 #166, On reverse Captain Yank by Frank Tinsley
S1370-0267 1943/01/10 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #167, On reverse Gasoline Alley by Frank King(Top Cut)
S1370-0268 1943/01/17 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #168, No reverse
S1370-0269 1943/01/31 - H FR-G/FR/G $6.00 #170, On reverse Captain and the Kids by Rudolf Dirks(Top Cut)
S1370-0270 1943/02/07 - T VG/G-VG/VG $15.00 #171, On reverse Out our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0271 1943/02/07 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #171, On reverse Gasoline Alley by Frank King
S1370-0272 1943/02/14 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #172, On reverse L'il Abner by Al Capp
S1370-0273 1943/02/21 - T VG/G-VG/VG $15.00 #173, On reverse Out our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0274 1943/02/21 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #173, On reverse Gasoline Alley by Frank King(Top Cut)
S1370-0275 1943/02/28 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #174, No reverse
S1370-0276 1943/03/07 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #175, On reverse Don Winslow by Frank Martinek
S1370-0277 1943/03/07 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #175, No reverse
S1370-0278 1943/03/14 - T VG/VG/VG $15.00 #176, On reverse Napoleon by Clifford McBride
S1370-0280 1943/03/14 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #176, On reverse Dixie Dugan by Striebel & McEvoy
S1370-0282 1943/03/21 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #177, TT on Full w/Ponds ad(TH), On reverse Our Boarding House(TT), Colgate ad(TH)
S1370-0283 1943/03/21 - T VG/G-VG/VG $15.00 #177, On reverse Tarzan by Burne Hogarth
S1370-0284 1943/03/21 - H VG/VG/VG $15.00 #177, On reverse Dixie Dugan by Striebel & McEvoy
S1370-0286 1943/03/28 - T FR-G/FR-G/VG $10.00 #178, On reverse Out Our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0287 1943/03/28 - H G/G/G $15.00 #178, No reverse
S1370-0288 1943/04/04 - H G/G/G $15.00 #179, No reverse
S1370-0289 1943/04/11 - H G/G/VG $15.00 #180, No reverse
S1370-0290 1943/04/11 - T BW G/VG/G $1.00 #180, in spanish, On reverse BW Thimble Theatre(T) in spanish
S1370-0291 1943/04/25 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #182, TT on Full w/Ponds ad(TH), On reverse Carnival(H), Boots(H)
S1370-0292 1943/04/25 - T G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #182, On reverse King of the Royal Mounted by Zane Grey
S1370-0294 1943/04/25 - H G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #182, On reverse Captain Yank by Frank Tinsley
S1370-0295 1943/05/02 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #183, TT on Full w/Prince Albert ad(TH), On reverse Boots by Edgar Martin w/Paper Doll(F)
S1370-0296 1943/05/02 - T VG/VG/VG $15.00 #183, On reverse Oaky Doaks by HB Fuller
S1370-0298 1943/05/23 - F G-VG/G/VG $20.00 #186, TT on Full w/Colgate ad(TH), On reverse Freckles(H), Our Bill(H)
S1370-0299 1943/05/30 - T G/G/VG $15.00 #187, On reverse Out Our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0300 1943/06/06 - T FR-G/FR-G/VG $10.00 #188, On reverse Out Our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0301 1943/06/13 - T FR-G/FR-G/VG $10.00 #189, On reverse Out Our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0302 1943/07/11 - F VG/G-VG/VG $20.00 #193, TT on Full w/Colgate ad(H), On reverse Smilin' Jack(H), Gasoline Alley(H)
S1370-0304 1943/08/08 - T G-VG/G/VG $15.00 #197, On reverse Dickie Dare by Coulton Waugh
S1370-0305 1943/08/22 - T G/G/VG $15.00 #199, On reverse Out Our Way by JR Williams
S1370-0306 1943/10/16 - T G/G/VG $15.00 #207, On reverse Out Our Way(T)
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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