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Issue: Action Comics #14
Publication Date: July 1939
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Issues: #14 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/29/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (8 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 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 415986.
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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: occult
Feature(s): Zatara, the Master Magician
Character(s): Zatara [Giovani "John" Zatara]; Tong; Superman (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: They're all racing to the nearest newsstand to get...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman Meets the Ultra-Humanite

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]; City Inspector Hughes; Lyons; Ultra-Humanite (villain)
First Line: Down from the sky hurtles the figure of...
Synopsis: While investigating the collapse of a subway tunnel, Superman first faces off with those in charge of Star, Inc., a firm which built the tunnel with sub-standard materials, then he encounters the Ultra-Humanite, the bald, evil genius bent on world domination whom he thought died in the previous story.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman Meets the Ultra Humanite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Forties #[nn] published December 2005
as Superman Meets the Ultra-Humanite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Superman Meets the Ultra-Humanite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The last panel of the story is an illustrated ad for Superman #1, on sale May 18th.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
Character(s): Feng Tuhsiang; Leuben
First Line: Feng Tuhsiang, a Chinese general who turned Christian...
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Pages: 1
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Superman & Action Comics invite you to become...
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Pages: 1
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The Journey Home, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Pep Morgan
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Capt. Johnson
First Line: Freed of its mutinous crew, the tramp steamer on which...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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
First Line: The Polos are captured and sold into slavery...
Synopsis: Marco helps his father and uncle escape from slavery.
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Pages: 4
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The Pharaoh's Treasure, Part 1

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Clip" Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; Cheops [Captain Beatty] (villain); Jim Blake
First Line: Egypt - an oasis in the huge desert...
Synopsis: Cheops, aided by his robot mummy, is in reality police Captain Beatty, who is tricking Egyptians into helping hunt and steal antiquities. However, he and his scam are unmasked by Clip Carson who hands him over for mob justice.
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Pages: 6
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A Tough Spot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill Harvey; Hank Murray
First Line: The tramp steamer lay at the end of the pier, a...
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Pages: 2
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The Miss Abeland Affair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Tex" Thomson
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Miss Abelard; Axel
First Line: Tex has placed the following advertisement in the...
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Pages: 10
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Interesting Triangle-Shaped Stamps

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamp Action
Character(s): King Leopold I
First Line: Belgium has been an independent kingdom since 1831 when...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 2nd page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Chuck" Dawson
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; Virginia; Wolf; Zebe; Baldy; Speck; Pedro; Blacky (horse)
First Line: As Chuck rides along the trail with Virginia...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First episode in color.
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The Fountain of Youth

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; Eleanor Hodges; Fred Hodges; Zeb Standish; Tong; Geas; Valura
First Line: Resting at the Carolina plantation of his friends, Eleanor and...
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Pages: 12
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): WesThrills
Character(s): Steve Burke; William Tilghman; Jessie Fremont; John C. Fremont; Dave Cook
First Line: Southwest's lawmen set record for the capturing of outlaws...
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Movie Comics; All-American Comics
First Line: Thanks again, boys and girls of America...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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