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Issue: Action Comics #54
Publication Date: November 1942
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Issues: #54 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: 09/15/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (9 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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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Action Comics #54 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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In the Stone Age

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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Pirate of Pleasure Island

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Captain Ironfist [Stanley Finchcomb] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Man of Tomorrow must face what appears to be the worst buccaneer that ever plagued the Seven Seas in years past, who has mysteriously returned to attack 20th Century merchantmen.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as The Pirate of Pleasure Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Capt. Hewitt T. (Shorty) Wheless

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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Captain Hewitt T. Wheless
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Go ahead - Now tell me you didn't forget...
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Pages: 0.5
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Superman Gets Mixed Up in Everything!

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Feature(s): Superman
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The Rookie Who Fought a Ghost

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
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Pages: 12
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Hispaniola

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Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 1
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Fire over Yunnanfu Road

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): 3 Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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Destination Berlin

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Americommando
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]
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Pages: 8
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The Old Fireball

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: -Out here all day, and not a single catch!
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Pages: 0.5
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Biggest and Best!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Idol of Doom

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Willis Pemberton; wolf cultists; Mafar [Martin Farrell]
Synopsis: Bill rescues an explorer from a Central American wolf cult and exposes their high priest as a treasure hunter.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Some of the hallmarks of Ellsworth's scripting -- double exclamation points and sound effects without exclamation points -- are here. Additionally, Bails' Who's Who credits him with some 1942 scripts for this feature.
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Tickets, Please
First Line: Migosh! 1,000,000 round trip tickets...
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Pages: 0.44
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.23
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

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Pages: 1
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Recipe for Robbery

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Energy That's Ready for Action!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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