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Issue: Action Comics #32

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Publication Date: January 1941

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Issues: #32 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

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Variant: With Canadian Price

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 68

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UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
29 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited); Murray Boltinoff (uncredited)

Notes: Ellsworth credit from statement of ownership.

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Format

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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Action Comics #32 [Without Canadian Price]

Action Comics #32 [With Canadian Price]

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company

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Notes: Inside front cover.

The Preston Gambling Racket

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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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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.

Supermen of America

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For Superman Fans!

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Here They Come Again!

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Feature(s): Batman

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The Escaped Convicts

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Pep Morgan

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Pages: 6

Single Combat

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Genres: historical

Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]

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Feature(s): Chemcraft

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Laffs

First Line: What a beautiful head of skin!

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Feature(s): Butterfinger

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The Dali Lama

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Three Aces

Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]

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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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Feature(s): The Spectre; More Fun Comics

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Feature(s): Built-Rite Toys

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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

Notes: Tex Thomson feature becomes Mr. America feature with the next issue.

Man of the Law

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Writer(s): Ted Miller (credited)

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Genres: adventure

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Notes: Several small ads on both pages of the text story.

The Treacherous Foreman

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Clip Carson

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Feature(s): Eclipse Machine Division

First Line: Do this puzzle correctly...

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Opened by Censor

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Feature(s): Interesting Items

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Superman Licensed Products

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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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The Antigravity Machine

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Genres: occult

Character(s): Zatara; Tong

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Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3...

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics

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Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company

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Notes: Inside back cover.

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles

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Notes: Back cover.