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Issue: Action Comics #123
Publication Date: August 1948
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Issues: #123 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: 06/14/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (6 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
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #123 published September 1948
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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For Thrills and Action Read

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for Sensation Comics #80, Star Spangled Comics #83, and All-American Comics #100.
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50 Ways to Kill Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Skid Russell; Beefy; Lefty; Heist Nelson; Nitro; unnamed gangsters
Synopsis: A group of gangsters holds a contest where each one uses one of 50 different methods to attempt to kill Superman.
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Pages: 12
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Bob Elliott

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement featuring Major League Baseball's Bob Elliott for Wheaties from General Mills, Inc.
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The Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races

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Feature(s): Old Nick
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Old Nick candy and Bit-O-Honey from Schutter's.
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Volcano Vandals!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Johnson; George Wickers; Hal Sykes; Mark Thompkins; Pegleg
Synopsis: Bill stops some pearl thieves using a volcano.
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Pages: 6
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See Heroes in Action! Get Freedom Train Picture Book!

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Freedom Train book from Kellogg's Pep cereal.
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World of Wishes!

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 7
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Girls! Boys! Get this New Beanie 'Copter

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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
Character(s): Captain Tootsie
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement from Tootsie Rolls. Captain Tootsie makes a cameo, not full strip ad.
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Win Rollfast Skates!

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Feature(s): Bazooka
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for roller skates as prizes for contest from Bazooka gum.
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The Stolen Beaver?

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
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Pages: 4
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The Man with the Purple Hand

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil; comic strip format starring Dashiell Hammett's detective.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Quick - Mr. Angelo!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Supermen of America club.
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The Liquid Metal

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Writer(s): William Morrison
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Genres: non-fiction
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Now! Hollywood's "Queen of the Westerns" in a Comic Book All Her Own!

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Dale Evans Comics
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Dale Evans #1 but with photo-cover rendered in line art version.
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The Color Wheel of Crime!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante; The Rainbow Man (villain)
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Pages: 8
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Margaret O'Brien at a Hollywood Party!

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Feature(s): Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for make your own candy from The Prince Co.
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Strange As It Seems

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. PSA for fireworks safety "prepared in cooperation with the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness"; grim reaper image is clearly a reprint of an editorial cartoon from McNaught Syndicate (so marked) and is signed but signature is unclear.
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Daisy Announces an Entirely New 128 Page, Pocket Size Handbook

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Advertisement for book Daisy Handbook (featuring comic characters on the cover: Captain Marvel, Robotman, Red Ryder, Da Vinci, 2-Gun Percy, Rudolph Diesel, Boy Commandos, Ibis) from Daisy Manufacturing Company.

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