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Issue: Action Comics #46
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #46 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/13/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (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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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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 #46 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Devil's Playground

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jim Gantry; The Domino [Jeff Farnham] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Domino terrorizes the Gantry Amusement Park, trying to get gambling stands into the place, but Superman decides otherwise.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as The Devil's Playground [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Character(s): Bonecrusher; Pin-Point; Super Duper
First Line: Poor Bonecrusher, I guess I sort of left him cold!
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Pages: 1
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Crimes in Color

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Genres: western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Rainbow Man (introduction, villain); Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
Synopsis: The Rainbow Man and his gang use color and his Rainbow Globe to serve them in their crimes and confuse the police. When Stuff discovers the mob, he is captured, and the Vigilante must save him.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy the Cop
First Line: The Sargeant is certainly excited about this phoney magician and crook, El Abu!
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smiles
First Line: Any luck?
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; Leading Comics
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The Djinn

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): 3 Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]; The Djinn (villain); Caspar Evans
First Line: Whoops!
Synopsis: The Aces battle the Djinn and his gunmen who ride on a flying carpet.
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Pages: 6
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Pages: 0.33
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Beowulf by E. V. Sandys

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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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Iron Giant

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America and Fatman
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]; The Queen Bee (villain); Vo-Kan the Terrible (villain); Markham
Synopsis: Mr. America and the Fatman battle an Iron Giant, Vo-Kan the Terrible, a machination stolen by the Queen Bee for her own ends.
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Pages: 8
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Superman Is in the Movies!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): Superman
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Pea Shooter

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: sports
Character(s): Denver Jackson; Terry; Al Classon; Alice Jackson
First Line: Denver Jackson was worried, an unusual...
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Louie Logan (villain); Janet Logan; Witchie
First Line: So you're lookin' for Congo Bill, are you?
Synopsis: Congo Bill arrests Louie Logan, who has been dealing whiskey to natives illegally, but Louie escapes and sets a trap for Bill.
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Pages: 6
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Superman's Radio Show Covers the Continent!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
Character(s): Superman
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Fights the Nazis in Europe

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Genres: occult, war
Character(s): Zatara; Tong; Nazis (villains); Adolf Hitler (villain)
Synopsis: After a show, some boys convince Zatara to try and stop the war in Europe. Zatara and Tong go off to fight the Nazis.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Zatara effectively wins the war in this story.
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Now on Sale

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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