XOWComics.com

Issue: Action Comics #5

- Attribution History

Publication Date: October 1938

Issue #5
- Action Comics Weekly
- #187
- #188
- #254
- #239
- #1
- #2
- #3
- #4
- ✔ #5
- #6
- #7
- #8
- #9
- #10
- #11
- #12
- #13
- #14
- #15
- more...
- Show Variants
- Action Comics Weekly

Detail

Issues: #5 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/25/1938

Volume: none

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 20 (11 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. Detective Comics, Inc. is listed in the filing as the publisher.

Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.

Format

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:

Reprinted In7

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]3
- Superman and the Dam [Story on Interior Page(s)]4

reprinted 7 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

- View Linked Content Item
- View Cover Detail

Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets1

- View Extra Large
- View Cover Detail

Indicia

Content Items

Title	Genre	Feature(s)	Character(s)
[untitled] Illustration on Cover, Front	adventure
He's Back with Us Again!! Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)		New Adventure Comics; Barry O'Neill
Superman and the Dam Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero		Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (Daily Planet editor - not named)
[untitled] Story on Interior Page(s)	humorous	Coyote Canyon Bill	Canyon Bill
[untitled] Cartoon on Interior Page(s)	informational	Fantastic Facts
[untitled] Story on Interior Page(s)	drama	The Diddle Family	The Diddle Family
[untitled] Story on Interior Page(s)	adventure	"Chuck" Dawson	Chuck Dawson; Butch; Sheriff; Trigger Holt; Steve
The Newport Silver Cup Races Story on Interior Page(s)	adventure		Pep Morgan; Tommy Watkins; Billy Watkins; Jimmy Young
Phil the Floater Story on Interior Page(s)	humorous		Phil
[untitled] Story on Interior Page(s)	historical		Marco Polo; Uncle Maffeo; Nicolo Polo; Niku; Ahmed
Valley of the Past Text Story on Interior Page(s)	adventure		Dan; Pete
The Nestralian Spy Story on Interior Page(s)	adventure		Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Zakap; Rowten (villain)
Pedro Montanez Cartoon on Interior Page(s)	sports	Sportettes	Pedro Montanez
[untitled] Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		The Crowell Publishing Co.
France and Her Colonies Text Article on Interior Page(s)	informational	World of Stamps
Gentleman Jack, the Bank Robber, Part 1 Story on Interior Page(s)	adventure	Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter	Scoop Scanlon; Gentleman Jack (villain); Sid; Rusty James; Sheriff; Amos Perkins
The Egyptian Wizard Story on Interior Page(s)	occult	Zatara, the Master Magician	Zatara; Tong; George; Professor Dunn; Amen-Hotep (villain)
Frederic March, Fred Astaire, Joan Crawford, Al Jolson, Henry Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Fred Steele, Ruppert Cartoon on Interior Page(s)	informational	Star-Light	Fred Astaire; Joan Crawford; Al Jolson; Bing Crosby
We're Giving Away $25 in Cash Prizes! Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)		Action Comics
[untitled] Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		Johnson Smith & Co.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.