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Issue: Action Comics #183
Publication Date: August 1953
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Issues: #183 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/29/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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The Perfect Plot to Kill Superman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Pages: 1
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The Line of Stars

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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Perfect Plot to Kill Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Mission of the Planet of Ice

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Major Mars; Popsicle
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Your turn to bat, Pud...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for polio research.
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The Stamp of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Van Durling
Synopsis: A imposter replaces an artist commissioned to capture Bill's likeness for a new postage stamp and sabotages Bill's protection of an ivory caravan.
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Pages: 6
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A Sprint in Time Spikes Crime

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
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Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Binky
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Pages: 1
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The Showboat of Space!

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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The Halls of Montezuma

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jack Marston]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sequence, including art credits, from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: This new vault is ten inches thick
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #256 published September 1959
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #176 published April 1965
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Supermen of America

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Jinx Saddle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stuart Greetings, Inc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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