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Superman#3
Cover: Joe Shuster & Joe Shuster

Superman #3

Jan 1940 · DC · 0.10 USD
“Superman and the Runaway”

The fantastic facts illustrated here include: 1) there is enough phosphorous in three old style kitchen matches to kill a person; 2) men once paid taxes on their beards; 3) gangster films were the reason the sales of men's caps had declined over the last ten years; 4) Humuhumunukunkuapuaa is the name given by natives to Hawaii's smallest fish; and 5) the water around an iceberg is warm.

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writer George Papp · artist George Papp · inker George Papp · cover Joe ShusterJoe Shuster

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cover pencils Joe Shuster
cover inks Joe Shuster

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The fantastic facts illustrated here include: 1) there is enough phosphorous in three old style kitchen matches to kill a person; 2) men once paid taxes on their beards; 3) gangster films were the reason the sales of men's caps had declined over the last ten years; 4) Humuhumunukunkuapuaa is the name given by natives to Hawaii's smallest fish; and 5) the water around an iceberg is warm.

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