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Issue: Special Edition, Action Comics #2
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #2 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1944
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): F. Whitney Ellsworth; Dr. Lauretta Bender (editorial advisory board); Pearl S. Buck (editorial advisory board); Josette Frank (editorial advisory board); Dr. C. Bowie Millican (editorial advisory board); Dr. W. W. D. Sones (editorial advisory board); Dr. Robert Thorndike (editorial advisory board); Commander Gene Tunney (editorial advisory board)
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The on sale date of December 15, 1944 is from the publication date as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 40, January-December 1945, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration #B 661407.

Cover or indicia date not on or in the comic, only the 1944 copyright date. Cover date of February 1945 was also reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the same Catalog of Copyright Entries.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (7 1/4" x 10 1/8")
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Action Comics #81

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Baby New Year; Father Time
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #81 published February 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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To the Instructor:

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Editorial advisory board information, indicia, and an introduction to instructors on how to use the comic.
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Funland

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Penciller(s): Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inker(s): Ira Yarbrough [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (un-named); John Nicholas; Jason; Ted; Ned; Fancy Dan
Synopsis: John Nicholas' dream of building 'Funland,' whose admission is absolutely free to poor kids, seems not to be ready for the Christmas season opening until Santa 'Superman' Claus steps in to make it a reality. Open it does, but the dis-inherited heirs of the man who provided their play land provide their share of sabotage.
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Pages: 12
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How Well Did You Read?

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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The Man Who Stole Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Thurston Harper
Inker(s): Thurston Harper
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
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Pages: 5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Crime in the Northland!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Congo Bill
Character(s): Congo Bill
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Pages: 5.67
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Story does not take place in a jungle, but the Arctic.
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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Pages: 1.33
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Using Words You Have Read

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Stuff and His Magic Tricks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, Chinatown Kid
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Pages: 10
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There is no Western theme in this story.
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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Sea-Going Jewels!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): William F. White ?
Inker(s): William F. White ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 8
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Logo states "Zatara The.. Magician..".
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Alphabetical Word List (394 words)

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

A listing of 394 words used in the comic stories.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Yellow crossed anchors (representing the U.S. Navy) against a solid blue background, with the following text:
"This book has been prepared by the publisher, with the cooperation of the Training Activity of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, for use as a supplementary reader and workbook in Special Navy Training Units."

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