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Issue: Famous First Edition #C-26
Publication Date: April 1974
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Issues: #C-26 of 9 Issues (11 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/03/1974
Volume: none
Pages: 72
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
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Content Items: 20 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #103.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Tabloid
Paper Stock: Cardboard covers; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprint of original cover.
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$25 Cash Prizes!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent] (introduction, origin)
First Line: As a distant planet was destroyed by old age...
Synopsis: A space vehicle from a destroyed world lands on Earth, and its occupant becomes Superman. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is given.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was The Coming of Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Coming of Superman

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Daily Star; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain); Butch Matson (villain); Senator Barrows (villain); Alex Greer (villain)
Synopsis: Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent, goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: And so begins the startling adventures...
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Genres: western
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; Notch Logan (villain); John Burwell (villain); "Trigger" Holt (villain); Butch (villain)
First Line: When Charles Dawson, owner of the Circle D Ranch is killed in a bloody Texas range war,…
Synopsis: Chuck begins a vendetta against the crooked ranch owners who have, by fraud, acquired the range lands he inherited after his father's death.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was The A-G Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies!

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara (introduction); Tong (introduction); Brady (death); Captain Kennedy; The Tigress (introduction, villain); Babcock (villain)
Synopsis: Zatara and Tong investigate the murders of several railroad detectives and the theft of over $200,000 in loot.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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South Sea Strategy [Part 1]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bret Coleman; Cottonball; Merna Newton; Samuel Newton; South Seas natives (villains)
Synopsis: Bret and Cottonball seek to rescue one Samuel Newton, whose daughter was carried off into the jungle by a pack of savage natives.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was South Sea Strategy [Part 1] [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Sticky-Mitt Stimson

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sticky-Mitt Stimson
Synopsis: Sticky swipes some apples and is pursued by the police. He gets a lucky break to make good his escape.
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was Sticky-Mitt Stimson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Nicolo Polo; Uncle Maffeo; Marco Polo; Niku
First Line: It's the year 1271...
Synopsis: Marco, his father and his uncle are given an audience with the new Pope. They are sent on a mission to satisfy a request from the Khan of Tartary for priests and men of learning.
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Pop Burkett; Sailor Sorenson; Boomerang; O'Rourke; Doc Lowery (villain)
First Line: Pep Morgan, versatile young athlete is fighting Sailor Sorenson...
Synopsis: When the Boxing Commission runs a dirty fight trainer out of town, he swears his revenge...against Pep.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was The Light Heavyweight Championship [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Scoop Scanlon; Rusty James; Arnold (villain)
First Line: Scoop Scanlon, ace reporter of The Bulletin, rouses his sleepy-eyed pal and photographer…
Synopsis: An international jewel thief arrives in America as a prisoner, but Scoop and Rusty are on hand to witness his escape with the help of his gang lying in wait.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was The International Jewel Thief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson (introduction, see notes); Bob; Betty; unnamed gangster chief (intro, villain, death); Monk (villain); Sonja (villain)
First Line: Having struck it rich in the oil fields of Texas...
Synopsis: Ken is framed for the murder of a man, and, with the help of Betty and Bobby, sets out to prove his innocence.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was Murder in England [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Charles Boyer, Wheeler and Wollsey

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Penciller(s): ? [as the Star-Gazer]
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Genres: biography
Character(s): Fred Astaire; Constance Bennett; Charles Boyer; Wheeler; Woolsey
First Line: Fred Astaire once sat in a booth during…
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Charles Boyer, Wheeler and Wollsey [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Genres: sports
Character(s): Sheldon Lejeune; Lou Gehrig; Babe Ruth; Lee Grissom; Norris Polk; Otis Baker; Sam Leslie
First Line: Take it easy, horsey. We'll finish in the money anyhow!
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #1 published June 1938
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: On the original inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Disclose Notes: Original back cover.
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The Line of DC Super-Stars

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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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