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Issue: Action Comics #397
Publication Date: February 1971
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Issues: #397 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/31/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane (photo); Jimmy Olsen (photo)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-868
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Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Dr. Carl Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds; Superman Robots
Synopsis: Superman is reduced to begging in the streets for food money when he loses his powers in this imaginary story.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11/1971 published May 1971
as Das Geheimnis des Invaliden Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1971 published August 1971
as Supermanns hemmelighet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Das Geheimnis des Invaliden Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: B-826
Disclose Notes: Imaginary Story. Story continues from Action Comics #396 (January 1971).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-887
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by John Krzyston; Gerard Triano; Alan R. Ferguson; Barbara Reader
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DC Explodes in '71

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #402 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #408
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The Super-Captive of the Sea!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl (cameo)
Synopsis: Aliens from a water world force Superman to live in the ocean and use his old underwater fortress.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #9/1971 published September 1971
as Fanget i havet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: B-848
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-2
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in late December 1970; includes cover art for G. I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #146
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Pin-Up Superman 1971 Calendar

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Superboy; Supergirl; Lois Lane
Synopsis: A calendar for 1971.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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