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Issue: Action Comics #74
Publication Date: July 1944
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Issues: #74 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: 05/16/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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The Courtship of Adelbert Dribble

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Bertha Bigge
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #74 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Tops in Comics!

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Courtship of Adelbert Dribble!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Adelbert Dribble; Bertha Bigge; Turtle Baxter
Synopsis: Adelbert Dribble traps Superman in order to pose as him and win the affections of his one and true love...but he gets more than he bargained for!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Courtship of Adelbert Dribble! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Order 'The Flash' another carton of Wheaties.
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Wheels of Jeopardy!

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
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Pages: 11
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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Carnage at the Carnival

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Genres: crime, humorous
Feature(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey
Character(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey
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Poacher's Paradise!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Killer Krake
Synopsis: Bill captures a group of pearl poachers.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sugarpuss
Character(s): Sugar Puss
First Line: Gee - Whiskers! There must be somethin' we can do to help!
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Flight into Freedom!

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Americommando
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Dr. Ito (villain)
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Pages: 7.67
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Trouble Waters

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Genres: adventure
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Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Lions' Den!

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): Mathematics Made Simple
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Say, Red, do you suppose this is what the military...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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