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Superman #3
CGC Census
263
Total Graded
0
9.8 NM/MT
3
8.0 VF
Reprinted 16x
When Superman saves a runaway boy from being run over by a train, he discovers the child is from an orphanage where the superintendent abuses the children in a variety of ways. So the Man of Tomorrow enlists the aid of the young man to act as an undercover agent to spy on things and report back to Clark Kent.
Cover Date
January 1, 1940
On Sale Date
November 15, 1939
Pages
68
Cover Price
$0.10
Editor
Whitney Ellsworth
Credits
Penciller
Inker
Letterer
Characters
Frankie Dennis; Lyman (villain, introduction)
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Collected in
- Action Comics #19
- Action Comics #20
- Detective Comics #35
- The Great Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
- Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn]
- The Superman Archives #1
- The Superman Archives #2
- The Superman Chronicles #2
- Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn]
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
- Superman: The Golden Age #1
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2
- Superman: The Golden Age #3
- Superman: The Golden Age #4
- DC Comics: The Golden Age (1938-1956) #[nn]
- DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero #[nn]