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Issue: Action Comics #41
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #41 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: 08/18/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (10 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
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 #41 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #7 [1st Printing] published September 2009
as 1st Printing Cover [Illustration on Cover, Front]figures only
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
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A Message to Our Readers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Sabotage Ring

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Jeff Stanton; Steve Grant (villain); Ralph Cowan (villain)
First Line: Thanks a lot, Casey!
Synopsis: Superman follows up leads in a case involving the sabotage of the Gargan Factory by saboteurs bent on causing wide-spread destruction.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as The Sabotage Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Tuerto the Bandit

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Tuerto (villain); Don Alvera; Juanita Alvera
First Line: Pep Morgan is spending his vacation on a South American...
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Pages: 6
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Energy to Perform

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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The Albino Priestess

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Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie; Amora
First Line: Jon Valor, the Black Pirate, and Bonnie, after their mad escape from...
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Pages: 4
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A Lot for Your Money!

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Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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New! Sensational!

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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Fellow chiefs, we go on warpath now...
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Pages: 1
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The Cleveland Air Races

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
First Line: The Cleveland Air Races call to the Aces!
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Lewie
Character(s): Little Lewie
First Line: Cannibals have captured the whole hunting party...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Have you seen my vitamin pills?
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Pages: 0.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Gold Bullion Theft

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Trigger Malloy
First Line: A figure swift as night itself, the snap of a whip, the...
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Pages: 8
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Quick Thinking

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mrs. West; James West [Jimmie]; George Bradley; Officer Hadley
First Line: "Remember, James," Mrs. West said.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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Jungle Drums!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Joe Kent; Sheila Hanlen; Scheller
First Line: Congo Bill, Professor Kent, and Sheila Hanlen are on their way to the coast.
Synopsis: The natives are being encouraged to uprise by German agent Scheller. After he is captured by the natives, Bill offers to fight Scheller in single combat: if he wins, the natives promise to remain peaceful.
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Facts
First Line: A city in the United States gets its water supply...
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Pages: 0.5
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Strange! Unusual!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Some Fun
Character(s): Butch
First Line: No, she isn't spanking it!
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Feature(s): Good Books and Movies
First Line: From the day he was taken...
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The Rival Ranchers

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; Tex; Molly
First Line: Horror, death and mystery greet Zatara in the...
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Pages: 9
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Action! Thrills! Adventure!

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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 back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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