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Issue: Action Comics #67
Publication Date: December 1943
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Issues: #67 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: 10/12/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Action Comics #67 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Make Way for Fate!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Samuel Rayburn; Martha Hoskins; Soapy Waters; Soft-Shoe Sapper; Reggie; Flossie; Sykes
Synopsis: Superman becomes involved in a government project concerning the tearing down of older homes so that an New Officer's Training School could be built on that spot. Unfortunately, the criminal element, which has millions of dollars worth of stolen goods within the walls of one of those homes, is NOT in favor of such a project.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Make Way for Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Get Going!

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Feature(s): Wheaties
Synopsis: Cartoon: "Listen Hemingway, when I order up a case of ammunition, I don't always mean Wheaties!"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal featuring a military-themed cartoon. General Mills, Inc.
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Be Sure to Get These Top Favorites for the Best in Comics!

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Feature(s): DC Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for DC comics, with small versions of the covers of Batman #20, Leading Comics #8, Mutt & Jeff #11, Wonder Woman #6, Boy Commandos #5, All-Star Comics #18, Green Lantern #9, and All-Flash #12. "Now on sale everywhere!"
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pvt. Pete; the Colonel
First Line: Tonsorial Artiste
Synopsis: Pvt. Pete has to substitute at the barber shop and his first client is the Colonel, who wants a shave.
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Pages: 1
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The Academy of Musical Crime!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; The Fiddler (villain); Droop (villain); Professor Schutzendorf
Synopsis: The Fiddler's gang breaks out of jail and takes over the Parnassus School of Music as a hideout. The Fiddler uses his contacts with wealthy clients to plan burglaries. He makes the mistake of targeting the Bullion Mansion, where Greg Sanders (The Vigilante) is appearing as part of the entertainment.
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Pages: 10
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The Very Weird and Eerie Case of Wealthy Tim Buck, II (Two)

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Genres: crime, humorous
Feature(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey
Character(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey; Uriah Hemp; Jiggers; Swami Whammi (villain)
Synopsis: Three multi-millionaires are kidnapped within 72 hours and held for ransom. McFooey finds that the latest victim was a fanatical student of fortune-telling. He disguises himself as a wealthy man and goes to see the Swami, where he gets hit on the head and joins the other three kidnapped men as a prisoner.
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Pages: 4
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Deep-Water Detective!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Cap'n Rudd (villain); Gritter (villain)
Synopsis: A gulf hurricane blows Congo Bill's skiff miles off-course and he crosses the path of a steamer that greets him with a rifle shot. When night falls, Bill sneaks aboard the ship and finds it is illegally salvaging sunken treasure. He is caught by the crew and forced to do salvage diving for gold bullion.
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Pages: 5.67
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Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder Are in the Movies!

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Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for the Columbia Batman 15-chapter serial. Features text and Batman logo, no other illustrations.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy
First Line: The papers are full of stories about spies...
Synopsis: Clancy mistakes a Junior G-Men Club for a gang of spies.
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Pages: 1
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The Secret of Shanghai Rose!

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Americommando
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Bluff Huggins (death); Shang; Admiral Dobura (villain)
Synopsis: A Chinese junk washes up on a Pacific Island controlled by American soldiers. Aboard the junk is a dying, delirious man who says Shanghai Rose knows the plans for an attack planned by the Japanese fleet. A coded message is sent to Americommando to find Shanghai Rose. A midnight visit to the Japanese admiral in Shanghai leads to a surprising discovery about Shanghai Rose.
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Pages: 7.67
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Feature(s): Adventure Comics
First Line: Wow! What I like is plenty of fast-action adventure stuff!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Adventure Comics, featuring original art and a partial reprint of the cover of Adventure Comics #89.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth; Curtiss Candy Co.
First Line: Don't these guys ever eat anything but Baby Ruth?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad with a military camp theme for Baby Ruth candy bars. Curtiss Candy Company, Chicago, Ill.
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Home for Christmas

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sgt. Peter Wladislawsky; Stanislaus
Synopsis: A Polish commando squad goes on a raid from England to France on Christmas Eve to take out a radio station and gain revenge against the Nazis for the invasion of Poland.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Blue surprints as background art on each page. Editorial Advisory Board is listed at the top of the second page.
Superman's Secret Message (Code Jupiter No. 4): MARZIWX MR EXLI JVXYVI SJ CSYVWIPJ, CSYV GSYRXVC. TYC EAEV FSRH.
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Mardi Gras Marauders!

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Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara the Master Magician
Character(s): Zatara; Big Mike Muggridge (villain)
Synopsis: A gang disguises themselves as Roman soldiers to take advantage of the distraction of a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans and rob a bank. Zatara is able to recover the stolen loot, but is obstructed by the hero-worshiping parade watchers and the robbers get away. The gang decides to target a charity affair the next day, but Zatara happens to be at one of the entertainers there.
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Pages: 8
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Get the Bomber and Free Secret Bomb-Sight Free

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Feature(s): Invention Co. Flight 1612
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for "airplane training cockpit," bomber model plane, and book "How to Fly." Cost is $1.69 plus C.O.D. charge and postage. Invention Co. Flight 1612, 38 Murray St., New York 7, N.Y.
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Be a Radio Technician

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Free 150 Power Microscope

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for the book "Wonders of Living Things," Price is $1.99, which includes premium of 150 power microscope. Metro Publications, Dept. 219-P, 50 West 17th Street, New York, N.Y.

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