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Issue: Action Comics #59
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #59 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: 02/09/1943
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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; the Nazis
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Action Comics #59 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Action Archives lists the cover artis as unknown. In the Archives the cover faces the splash panel and the faces in particular look alike, and hence Sikela is the cover artist.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman by George Lowther

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Cinderella -- a la Superman

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Susie Tompkins (introduction)
Synopsis: Clark Kent, believing that he has a date with Lois, finds out he is to babysit her sister's daughter Susie. When Clark sits down to read to her, he falls asleep and that initiates a dream sequence in which Superman re-enacts the Cinderella story.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Cinderella--a la Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Mark W. Clark
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Pages: 1
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Hold Your Hats! The Prankster Is Back!

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Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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World's Finest Value!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Fiddler's Fee!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; The Fiddler [Ben Bowe] (villain, introduction); Fiddler's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Frustrated concert violinist Ben Bowe turns to a life of crime, and plans daring robberies for his gang of toughs, and is frequently on hand to help them out as a blind violinist beggar who just happens to be standing by. He uses his awful tunes to communicate with his gang in code. While at his headquarters, various violins are tricked out as weapons: one that shoots sulfuric acid and another loaded with dynamite. He and his gang are captured by the Vigilante and Stuff.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This Fiddler is not the same villain as the Flash's.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: But there's nothing wrong with me, Doc...
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Pages: 0.5
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Bombshell!

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Feature(s): Boy Commandos
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Pages: 0.5
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Sky Knights of Malta

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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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Monaco

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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Missive for Mussolini

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Americommando
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: All I do is mop decks...
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Pages: 0.5
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Fast As a Bullet!

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Feature(s): Prize Comics; Headline Comics
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The Scarecrow

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 2
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The Phantom Warriors!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill [William Morgan]; Smith; Tom Scott; Ager; van Meers; Angus
Synopsis: Bill exposes a plot to steal diamonds from a mine owner by using a secret entrance to his mine.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Pages: 1
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Crime Takes a Detour

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Energy to Battle Odds

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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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