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Issue: Action Comics #50
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
Title Pages Job Number Notes
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Illustration on Cover, Front
1   Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
Editorial Advisory Board
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
0.33   Inside front cover. A listing of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comic Magazines and a list of those magazines and their frequencies.
Against the Jungle
Text Article on Interior Page(s)
0.67   Inside front cover. Review of Against the Jungle by Thames Williamson. Page includes Superman's Secret Message and the indicia.
The Professional Baseball Player
Story on Interior Page(s)
13   Ed Dobrotka is not credited in the Archive edition, "pullman window" joke on page 7 is a direct reference to Jerry Siegel's appearance on Fred Allen's radio program.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
1    
Major Thomas H. J. Trapnell
Cartoon on Interior Page(s)
1    
"But if I act polite, all the kids will think they can beat me!
Cartoon on Interior Page(s)
0.5    
[untitled]
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
0.5   House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #17, include a partial repro of the cover.
The Man Who Came Back!
Story on Interior Page(s)
12    
[untitled]
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
1    
The Island Where Time Stood Still!
Story on Interior Page(s)
6    
[untitled]
Story on Interior Page(s)
8   Artist signature in final panel.
Sky Challenge
Text Story on Interior Page(s)
2    
[untitled]
Story on Interior Page(s)
0.5    
In a Class by Itself!
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
0.5   House ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1940 series) #6, with small cover repro.
The Man of a Thousand Lives!
Story on Interior Page(s)
6    
[untitled]
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
0.5    
[untitled]
Story on Interior Page(s)
0.5    
[untitled]
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
0.23   A few small ads.
[untitled]
Story on Interior Page(s)
0.44    
[untitled]
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
0.33   House ad for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #10, with partial cover repro.
The Case of the Man Who Could Not Die!!
Story on Interior Page(s)
9    
Now on Sale
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
1   House ad featuring cover repros from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #11, Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #3, Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2, All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #11, and All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #4.
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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
1   Inside back cover.
The Tootsie Roll of Honor
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
1   Back cover.

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