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Issue: Action Comics #38
Publication Date: July 1941
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Issues: #38 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/23/1941
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: 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
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as Action Comics #38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Hypnosis by Radio

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; Harold Morton (villain)
First Line: As Clark shops at Norman, Inc., a mailman enters the jewelry store...
Synopsis: Superman is puzzled as several well respected citizens commit crimes, then remember nothing about the incidents!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
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Pages: 12
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Energy to Burn

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Money for You!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Synopsis: Contest to provide captions for 4 Superman art panels.
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Slim is Kidnapped

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Slim Pickens; Mr. Pickens (Slim's uncle)
Synopsis: Slim is kidnapped and held for ransom.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Funnies
First Line: We got lost...
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Here It Is - Boys and Girls All-Flash Quarterly No. 1!

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Feature(s): All-Flash Quarterly
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Don De Avila

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Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie
First Line: Jon Valor, the Black Pirate, is sailing for Barcelona, while...
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Flames from the Sea!

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Genres: informational
Character(s): Rastus
First Line: Flames as high as thirty feet issued from the Sea of Santorin!
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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The Treacherous Ministers of Atlantis!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
First Line: From the depths of the Earth, from the land of sunken...
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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The Gorrah Strikes at Libraries

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; the Gorrah (Villain); Bob Daley
First Line: A furtive figure in dead of night approaches a beautiful library!
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Pages: 8
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Free!

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Feature(s): Moo!
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Pages: 0.33
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Rock-Bound

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Writer(s): Alex Shane (credited)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Slugs Sears
First Line: The big black sedan screamed of the miles on the highway that...
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Hear Superman on the Radio!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
Character(s): Superman
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jungle Fun
First Line: Don't worry, fellows...
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For You!

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Feature(s): Starman; Adventure Comics
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The Mines of Ophir!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Joe Kent; Holberg; Alex Holberg; Gando
First Line: Congo Bill, soldier of fortune, adventurer, and Professor Kent are on...
Synopsis: Bill and Professor Kent follow a murderer on the trail to the mines of Ophir.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: He lost a coat once...
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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Curios
First Line: The inhabited polar regions...
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Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Better hurry if you don't want to miss Superman No. 11
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The Rolling Fireball Menace

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; Jonathan Klegg; Karl
First Line: From the sky high over the city a ball of...
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At the Top of the Field!

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Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Tootsie Roll of Honor

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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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