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Issue: Action Comics #90
Publication Date: November 1945
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Issues: #90 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: 09/11/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
Synopsis: Superman rips open the top portion of a submersible to reveal a gang of criminals.
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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B Is for Beaver

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Rookery for River Rats!

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Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel] (credited)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Barney McGowan; Amphi-Bandits; Horace Rikker
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: We get all this energy from Wheaties, Coach!
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The Weird Chapeau!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
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Feature(s): Meet a Bit-o-Honey
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Camouflage for Crime!

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Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Congo Bill
Character(s): Congo Bill; Keeler
Synopsis: Bill foils a gang of diamond smugglers.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Gunslinger's Reward

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Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Spike Martin; Judge Hatch; Sheriff Harvey Payne; Mayor Bond
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Volto's out-of-this world magnetic powers...
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Picayune Pilferers!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Stuff; Mrs. Gladys Muchworth; Rattler (crook)
Synopsis: The Vigilante and Stuff foil a plot whereby crooks pretend to be harmless kleptomaniacs so that a rich society matron will allow them to play in her home with cheap jewelry she has bought to entertain them. This befuddles our heroes, until the time arrives for the criminals to use the layout of the homes they have cased to steal the valuable gems.
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Bernie Bierman

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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School Days, School Days!

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Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara; Walter; Miss Jones
Synopsis: Zatara has been having lunch with some old friends, but the youngster has to go back to school, complaining how dull it will be after hearing Zatara's tales. Zatara decides to visit the classroom, but in invisible form. He animates the depiction of the Pilgrims being attacked by native Americans in 1632, then takes the class under the ocean, to the top of a volcano, and to the snowy wastes of Alaska, before returning them safely to the classroom, wiser and more enthusiastic about their lessons.
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How Thom McAn Rescued the Doomed Liner

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Tops in Comics!

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Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: I felt like working overtime, Sarge!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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