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Issue: Action Comics #20
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #20 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/24/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (10 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 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 437788.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Superman pulls the foot-thick metal door from the bank vault, and frees a bound and gagged man inside.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman and the Screen Siren

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (Daily Star editor, unnamed); Dolores Winters [aka Ultra-Humanite] (death); Ultra-Humanite (villain)
First Line: With an ominous creaking and snapping...
Synopsis: After Clark Kent saves Dolores Winters from harm, he is granted a special interview. When that interview is cancelled and she kidnaps a boatload of wealthy citizens, Superman intervenes and discovers that Ultra has had his mind transplanted into her body.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman and the Screen Siren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Superman and the Screen Siren [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 Sandman in Adventure Comics and Batman in Detective Comics.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Nevertheless It's True
First Line: New York strongman Eddie Polo...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smart Guy
First Line: Golly - Just missed that tree...
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Built-Rite
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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At the Air Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Jimmy Dee, the Racing Pilot
First Line: Look at that fellow - he's flying pretty low...
Synopsis: While home on vacation Pep is playing for his home town baseball team, when a plane makes an emergency landing on the field. Pep drags the pilot out and the fire is extinguished. The pilot, Dee, invites Pep to go to the Air Races as his mechanic. Mobsters try to sabotage the display, but Pep saves the day.
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Pages: 6
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Murder in Rattlesnake Canyon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; Ned Squires
First Line: For two days Chuck has followed the dangerous trail...
Synopsis: Chuck finds Ned Squires dry-gulched on the trail. Two men appear and try to take him in for the crime, but Chuck disarms them and runs.
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Pages: 4
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The Ivory Safari, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Clip" Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; "Wolf" Lupo (villain)
First Line: Making friends with those cannibals...
Synopsis: Clip is leading a party of natives carrying an ivory shipment to the coast. Along the way there are various attempts on his life. Eventually they reach the area where "Wolf" Lupo has hijacked previous ivory shipments. As Clip is about to be killed by Lupo's men he asks to play a tune on his harmonica one last time. The tribe of cannibals which he previously gave a bunch of harmonicas to are nearby, hear the music, and save him. Clip chases after Lupo and kills him.
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Pages: 6
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Here It Is!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Zombies [Part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tex Thomson
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Gargantua T. Potts; Bart Barryless
First Line: Having been inoculated with the dread chemical...
Synopsis: Tex, Bob and Gargantua have been injected with the chemical which saps men's will and makes them appear to be zombies. But they have previously been given an antidote and all swallow the salt which they had in their mouths to counteract the effects. The antidote is given to the other "zombies" and they begin to feel and act more normal. After Tex knocks out the native chief the tribe tie him to a stake over a roasting pit. But the now restored "zombies" advance en masse and free him.
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Pages: 10
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Five Star Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): John ny Downs; Doc Brown
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Split over two pages, much of them taken up with ads and the Statement of Ownership. About one page of story text in total.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of the first page of the text story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of the second page of the text story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: A few small ads in the right-hand column of the second page of the text story.
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Aerial Survey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]; Tony McCrea (heroine)
First Line: In Alaska, the Three Aces are making a preliminary survey...
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Pages: 6
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Algeria Commemorates Fair

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
First Line: Although model trains were first made in France...
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flex-i-Track
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Moon Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; the Prime Minister of England; Nala of the Moon Race
First Line: During the summer of 1939 a great mist appeared and grew on...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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He's Back with Us Again!! Superman

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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