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Issue: Action Comics #24
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #24 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/22/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 451427.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #24 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #24 [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): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Carnahan's Heir

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Rufus Carnahan; Peter Carnahan; Jenkins; Jake Brent (villain); Benny Farrel
Synopsis: A dying millionaire requests the aid of the Man of Tomorrow to help straighten out his worthless son, who is a gambler, spendthrift, and a weak-kneed sop.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Carnahan's Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Carnahan's Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
First Line: Hey, fellers!!
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Pages: 0.5
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Superman Is on the Radio!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Spring Training

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan
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Pages: 6
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Escape from the Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]
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Pages: 4
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The Stolen Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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No. 2 - Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Monthly Book Review
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Pages: 1
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How a Brand-New Bike Came to "Newsy" Mike

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Pages: 0.5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Last Laffs
First Line: ...And when I finish it...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Invisible Steam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Tex" Thomson
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Gargantua T. Potts
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Pages: 10
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Eleven Minutes

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Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.33
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: A few small ads on the second page of the text story.
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Scrambled Household Words

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.45
Disclose Notes: On the second page of the text story.
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Revolution in Verdania, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clip Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Easter Island Issue

Text Article  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): Action Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
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The Magician Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 11
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): U. S. Bicycle Tires
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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