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Issue: Action Comics #11
Publication Date: April 1939
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Issues: #11 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/02/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
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 the publication date and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 409444.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published April 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman and the "Black Gold" Swindle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (Daily Star editor, unnamed); Meek (villain); Bronson (villain)
First Line: C'mon Sarge!
Synopsis: An unscrupulous firm sells what they think to be worthless stock in "Black Gold Oil", then try to buy it all back when they hear that oil has been discovered on the property...thanks to Superman.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman and the "Black Gold" Swindle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published April 2006
as Superman and the "Black Gold" Swindle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Superman and the "Black Gold" Swindle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Superman uses X-ray vision. 1st reference as the Man of Steel.
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Under Cover, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter
Character(s): Scoop Scanlon; Mace; One Eye; Larroway (villain); Rusty
First Line: One Eye - I had ya figured all wrong...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Printed in red, black and white.
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Shanghaied

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Pep Morgan
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Jensen; Joe; Captain Sindra
First Line: On a visit to a neighboring city...
Synopsis: Pep and two others are shanghaied and placed on a freighter heading for the south seas. After some time, Pep gets himself locked in the brig. He pulls planks from the wall which connects with the hold. There, in crates labeled "peaches", he discovers they are filled with rifles. He jumps overboard and tells the local authorities, who arrest the captain as the crates are being unloaded.
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Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Alan Villiers; Edison Marshall; Mal Freeburg; Peter McNeil; Captain Francois de Camille
First Line: Makes trip around the world in smallest square-rigger!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Henrietta
Character(s): Henrietta
First Line: Oh boy! Gee - Maybe I kin get Pa to buy it for me!
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Pages: 0.75
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rosati Accordions
Character(s): Johnny
First Line: No Johnny, you can't come in.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Ad in comics form.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Adventures of Marco Polo
Character(s): Marco Polo; Maffeo Polo; Nicola Polo; Nadir; Rajah Dagh
First Line: The Polos sojourn at the palace of Rajah Dagh...
Synopsis: Marco and friends go leopard hunting with Rajah Dagh.
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Pages: 4
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Escape [Part 1]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Tompkins; Spike Maloney
First Line: The large, heavy-timbered room was cold and silent as a tomb.
Synopsis: Bill escapes from prison after being sentenced with espionage.
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Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Text story with two spot illustrations.
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.33
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Queen of the Malays, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tex Thomson
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Lord Reynolds; Deborah (his niece); Capt. Devoe; Kinog
First Line: Knocked out by a group of sailors...
Synopsis: Tex and Bob are shanghaied but are recognized by an old friend. Lord Reynolds invites them to join an expedition to find an island inhabited by an ancient race of Malays, and ruled over by a white woman.
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Pages: 10
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
First Line: History's greatest hunter!
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Pages: 1
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Novel Swiss Sets

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World of Stamps
First Line: Stamps of one series in two languages are no novelty to the...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Chuck" Dawson
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; Baldy; Wolf; Speck; Blacky (horse)
First Line: Narrowly escaping a plunge into the pit...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Printed in red, black and white.
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The Sea Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara, the Master Magician
Character(s): Zatara; Tong; Madame Kelly; Jim
First Line: On board the S.S. Kansas City bound for San Francisco from...
Synopsis: Traveling on a liner headed for San Francisco, Zatara assists two government agents who are carrying plans for the Panama Canal. A fellow magician conjures a "sea ghost" against which Zatara can do nothing, until he realizes that it was summoned from the mind of Madame Kelly, who is working for a foreign government. Having narrowly prevented her from stabbing one of the agents, he turns her into a statue until they reach port.
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Movie Comics; All-American Comics
First Line: At last, something new and different...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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