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Issue: Action Comics [US Postal Service] #1
Publication Date: September 1998
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC / United States Postal Service
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 09/1998
Volume:
Pages: ?
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $7.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On the occasion of the release of the Superman postage stamp, the USPS released an entire reprint of Action Comics #1. The reprint had an additional outer cover (half-sized) that carried an example of the stamp with a first day of issue endorsement. Originally issued sealed in a clear wrapper.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: High quality coated stock
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: One-shot
Format Notes:  
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2 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938 was The Coming of Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster
Inker(s): Joe Shuster
Colorist(s): Jack Adler (see notes)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In Alter Ego #56 (Feb. 2006), in an interview with Adler, he reports that he painted the colors on the engraving plates for this story. Info added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).
Error Report #2990 by Mike DeLisa states the following: "Cover was not by Shuster, actually by unknown member of DC staff based on one interior panel. Coloring was not by Jack Adler; Adler states that the work was done by DC staff. My source is the Court record and decision, which includes affidavits from Siegel, Shuster, and Adler."
Superman/Batman #41 indentifies bystander on cover as Rick Radomski of Radomski Hardware. Though this takes place during a dream sequence, the name could be considered canon.
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The Coming of Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster
Inker(s): Joe Shuster
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Shuster ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Daily Star; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain); Butch Matson (villain); Senator Barrows (villain); Alex Greer (villain)
Synopsis: Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent, goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67

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