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Issue: Action Comics #111
Publication Date: August 1947
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Issues: #111 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/12/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Cameras in the Clouds

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Used as the splash panel for the Superman story, but with the image reversed.
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Cameras in the Clouds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Binns; Duff; Dan Flood
Synopsis: Clark and Lois investigate how two cameramen keep getting video of breaking news events. Superman intervenes when a competitor tries to sabotage their efforts.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #10 published January 1957
as Cameras in the Cloud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). Alvin Schwartz used the name Vernon Woodrum for his comics work.

The splash panel is identical to the cover, but with the image reversed.
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Pete Reiser

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Quest for Life!

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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Marbichi (villain); Curly Semple; Napomayas (South American tribe); Ucarus (South American tribe)
Synopsis: Bill travels to South America to secure a cure for a sick child actress.
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
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Pages: 1
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Twin Magic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; Ned Payne; Ted Payne
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In Content Item: FlagClimax Color Comic #8 published January 1948
as Twin Magic! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spalding
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tiny
First Line: Sam's Shoe Store
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Pages: 0.5
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Trapping the Bank Robber

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bright Star Flashlight Battery
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Pages: 0.5
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Observation Post

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Carter
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Who's Zoo?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Post's Grape-Nuts
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Pages: 1
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Pop Gunn Shoots the Works!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante; Pop Gunn; "Five-Chins" Chuck (villain)
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Pages: 10
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The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Character(s): Sam Spade; Effie
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roadmaster
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company; Red Ryder
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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