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Issue: Action Comics #32
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #32 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Without Canadian Price
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/22/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 29 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Ellsworth credit from statement of ownership. 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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Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #32 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Preston Gambling Racket

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Krypto raygun (introduction); George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Mayor Worth; Preston (villain)
Synopsis: Clark Kent is bound and determined to find out why gambling is allowed in the city of Metropolis when city ordinance doesn't allow it. But it's Superman's use of the Krypto Raygun that cinches the case against the perpetrator.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as The Preston Gambling Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Superman uses Krypto raygun for the first time. Made of Kryptonite, this captured and projected pictures. (Gun was sold as a toy.), blue "S" on cape.
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Supermen of America

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For Superman Fans!

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Here They Come Again!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 0.5
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The Escaped Convicts

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan
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Pages: 6
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Single Combat

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Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]
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Pages: 4
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Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: What a beautiful head of skin!
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Pages: 0.44
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.22
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Butterfinger
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Pages: 1
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The Dali Lama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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Baby Sandy, Robert Taylor, Donald Duck, Ray Milland

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Genres: informational
Feature(s): In Hollywood
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Spectre; More Fun Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Built-Rite Toys
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Pages: 0.5
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The Ranch's Minerals

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Tex" Thomson
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Tex Thomson feature becomes Mr. America feature with the next issue.
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Man of the Law

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ted Miller (credited)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.5
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Disclose Notes: Several small ads on both pages of the text story.
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The Treacherous Foreman

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clip Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eclipse Machine Division
First Line: Do this puzzle correctly...
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Pages: 0.5
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Opened by Censor

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Interesting Items
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Pages: 0.5
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Superman Licensed Products

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Article and three ads for Superman licensed products.
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First Line: Another good tale with an ending typical of O. Henry is 'The Rathskeller and the Rose.'
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All ads.
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The Antigravity Machine

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; Tong
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Pages: 9
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Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Pages: 1
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Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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