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Issue: Action Comics #119
Publication Date: April 1948
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Issues: #119 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: 02/16/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Superman for a Day

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #119 published May 1948
as Superman for a Day [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inks, formerly credited to Mortimer, look to be by regular Superman inker Stan Kaye.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Want action???
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman for a Day!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Helicopter Bandits (villains); Jim Banning (also spelled Blanning); Martin Grew
Synopsis: Believing that Superman is away on a mission, Lois has a plan to capture the Helicopter Bandits which involves having Clark impersonate Superman.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Super Library #32 published January 1967
as Superman for a Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This is the first issue with no by-line credit to Siegel and Shuster. One of the rare issues in which Clark Kent actually changes to Superman in a phone booth.
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Leo Johnson

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death on the Speedway

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 1
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Treasure Trove!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (Writer S)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Congo Bill
Character(s): Congo Bill; Count Narski (villain); Greg Whitney; Otto
Synopsis: Bill and his friend Greg are lured off course during a crossing of the Atlantic by marooned Nazi agents.
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: The script for this story is credited as possibly "Writer S" by Martin O'Hearn.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Credits
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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Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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Concert for Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zatara
Character(s): Zatara; P. Piper; the Mayor of Oak City (villain)
Synopsis: P. Piper, who relaxes by playing his flute, cleaned out a bunch of crooks in Hicksville and has come to Oak City to repeat the process. This he achieves by luring crooks to steal his flaunted money, then gassing them. When he tries to collect the rewards he is cheated by the town politicians. He has a chance encounter with Zatara, who causes the flute to magically transform crooks into human sized rats. The incoming mayor then gives Piper his just reward.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Pages: 1
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Mystery on the Mountain

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cabbie Casey
Character(s): Cabbie Casey; Moiph
First Line: Here I am back, Moiph...
Synopsis: Moiph sells Casey a cab with no rivets, each part being welded together to another. While driving his first fare of the day the car literally falls to pieces.
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Pages: 4
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Cooking with Gas

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Unnamed escaped convict; Mrs. Garrick
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gang Busters
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Pages: 1
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The Birthday That Backfired!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Stuff; The Rainbow Man (villain); Pop Gunn
Synopsis: The Vigilante rescues Stuff from the clutches of The Rainbow Man, and the delayed party for Stuff's birthday finally gets underway.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The cruder inking style confirms the hand of Roussos.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Western Comics
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Say, Dad let me do it!
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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