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Issue: Action Comics #19
Publication Date: December 1939
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Issues: #19 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/24/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 435264.
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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: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Synopsis: Superman rips the barrel from a mounted cannon, while a bi-plane seems to be heading towards him.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #19 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #19 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previous art credit given to Joe Shuster, but both Superman pose and inks look more like Boring.

The scene depicted is rather anachronistic. Although Superman never personally got involved in fighting on the European front (except for the famous, non-canonical, short story where he ends the war in a matter of hours by bringing Hitler and Mussolini to justice), the bi-plane, the mounted cannon, and the barbed wire on the hill suggests a first world war setting.
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First Line: Quick! Dive for those magazines!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Purple Plague

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Travers; Ultra-Humanite (villain)
First Line: An ambulance is wanted at 211 Terrace Avenue...
Synopsis: A purple plaque sweeps Metropolis killing citizens left and right. Only Dr. Travers has discovered an antidote, and Superman must stop the Ultra-Humanite from killing the good doctor and prevent that cure from being used.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman and the Purple Plague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Superman and the Purple Plague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Feature(s): Superman
First Line: Announcing -- The third Superman quarterly...
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Pages: 1
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Superman's Special Monthly Message to the Supermen of America!

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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The Train Robbery

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; his father; his mother
First Line: Gosh - it'll be good to see the folks and the old...
Synopsis: Driving towards his home place, Pep spots an iron bar across the railroad tracks. When lifting it off a gang of thugs appear and knock him out. The oncoming train stops for the obstruction and the crooks attempt a robbery, which is foiled by Pep, but they all get on the train as it pulls away. Pep alerts the station man by note as they pass through the next small stop, and the police are waiting at Green City. While visiting his folks, pals of three criminals recently arrested by Pep kidnap him, but he is recognized by a traffic cop who knows him, which allows Pep to overpower his kidnappers
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Pages: 6
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The Boot Thieves

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Chuck Dawson
First Line: Chuck Dawson has no thought of hidden danger as his...
Synopsis: Chuck is robbed of his boots and the outlaw throws him a brand new pair as replacements. Riding into a nearby town, a storekeeper identifies him as one of the men who robbed him, by the boots that were stolen. Chuck disarms both sheriff and deputy and rides off to capture the real robbers.
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The Ivory Safari, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Clip" Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; Colton
First Line: "Africa" the dark continent...
Synopsis: In Kenye [sic] Clip is approached by Colton, a dealer in ivory, whose shipments have failed to get to the coast. Notorious bandit "Wolf" Lupo has been identified as the leader of the raiders. Daredevil adventurer that he is, Clip agrees to head up the next safari of ivory. An attempt is made on Clip's life, but he manages to shoot the cobra. The safari is later surrounded by cannibals, but Clip has thoughtfully packed a bag with harmonicas, and distributes them to the natives, who are entranced by the music.
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Pages: 6
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads in the right hand column of the first page of the text story.
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Forest Fire

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Toni Blum ? [as Jack Anthony] (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Forest Ranger Dick Everett; Mrs. Robinson; Tim Robinson
First Line: Forest ranger Dick Everett rode the cool trail winding along the mountainside.
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Pages: 1.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads in the right hand column of the second page of the text story.
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The Zombies [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tex Thomson
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; John Barryless; Gargantua
Synopsis: Famous actor John Barryless asks Tex to find his son Bart, who has disappeared in the Sudan. Tex and Bob sail for north Africa and when they reach the place he was last seen, find a note which reads, "I am being attacked by zombies Bar---". Pushing into the interior they fall into a pit where they find Bart. The chief of the natives has been injecting a chemical into captives which saps their will and gives the appearance of being a zombie. Tex, Bob and Bart are about to be injected...
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Pages: 10
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Feature(s): Flash Comics
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Schwab
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Salty Sam
Character(s): Salty Sam
First Line: Hello Salty!
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Pages: 0.67
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Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Murder in the Air

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]; Fred; Jeffries; Bell (Fred's wife)
First Line: U. S. Naval Reservists...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Schwab
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): This Doggone World
First Line: The rat!" "The dog!" "Lowdown cur!
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Gorilla King

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; Tong; Ivan Meldoff; Herbert Handers
First Line: As Zatara slumbers in a New York hotel room...
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Pages: 11
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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