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Issue: Action Comics #27
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #27 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: 06/21/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 460880.
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #27 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #27 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 1st Lois Lane cover
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First Line: For thrills and adventure...
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Tweed (villain); Mrs. Tweed (villain); Davey Merrill (villain)
First Line: Heartless criminals exploit the helpless and unfortunate!
Synopsis: Clark arrives for a date with Lois, who is making a donation to the Brentwood Rehabilitation Home. Clark tells her that the place is more interested in money than their young charges. Lois decides they should visit the home so that she can disprove Clark. After a pleasant visit, Lois and Clark are stopped by a charge, Davey Merrill, who cut his hands climbing the wall just to ask for something to eat. Once they feed him, he tells them all about the horrible conditions at the home.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Brentwood Home for Wayward Youth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Here Comes Superman Again!

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Feature(s): Superman
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The Track Meet Fix

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Bill; Cole; Coach Jones; Sheriff Blake; Villains: gamblers
Synopsis: At Maddon Circle Garden, Pep prepares for the Annual Foxx Quarter-Mile Race for Ardale College. In the locker room, Pep overhears gamblers bribing a runner. In the race, he is beat by Cole from State. Later, Pep and Bill find spike marks on the track. He decides to wait for the outdoor quarter to best Cole when spikes are allowed, but the gambler's plan was to get all bets on Cole so Pep could win the outdoor. When Cole is hurt in a train wreck, the gamblers have to deal with Pep.
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Fight to the Finish

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Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Jeanne; Captain Ruff's brother (villain); Captain Tavish; a ship dealer; Captain Angago
Synopsis: Hearing Jeanne scream, Jon Valor rushes to protect her from a bearded giant, Captain Ruff's brother. Once safe, they head for Savannah and passage on Captain Tavish's ship. They retrieve Ruff's treasure and head to Bristol and buys the Sea-Queen. The dealer visits a friend, Captain Andago, who tells him that the money he received was the lost jewels of Queen Maria, and the man who bought the ship is a pirate with a price on his head.
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No Greater Courage

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Genres: war
Character(s): Michael Varkova
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The Blue Raider

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]; The Blue Raider [Blackie Dawes] (villain)
Synopsis: Enjoying a rest in Arizona, the Three Aces read a report about a mysterious blue plane that has been attacking Federal Airline Union transcontinental planes. Gunner finds a stranded commercial liner, and the Aces decide to track down the Blue Raider.
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The Return of the Gorrah!!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; The Gorrah (villain); District Attorney Maloney; Janice Maloney; Tiger Dixon; Bomber Brennen; Reb Horton; Rat-Men (villain); Miss X (cameo)
Synopsis: Bomber Brennen is killed in a boxing match with Tiger Dixon that Tex, Bob, the D.A., and the D.A.'s daughter, Janice, were attending. Bob discovers a sponge loaded with nepthogas in the locker rooms. Dixon's manager, Reb Norton, notes that Joey Gonomi had tried to make him throw the fight, but after the lights go out and some shots are fired, Reb disappears. Tex receives a package from a florist, and he and Bob investigate, aided by Miss X. They end up captured by the Gorrah and his new creations, the Rat-Men.
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Shoes, Hardware, Meats

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tiny
Character(s): Tiny
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Hollywood Advisor

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clip Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; Buzz Bailey; Snyder; Mr. Dennis (villain); Archie Norton; Jean Norton
Synopsis: On a plane to Hollywood, where Clip will act as technical advisor on an adventure film, he runs into Buzz Bailey. Buzz is greeted by a shady producer, Snyder, but ignores him. Clip sets out to location with Archie Norton, the star of the film, and Archie's wife, Jean, but the couple fights incessantly. On the first day of shooting, Archie is shot dead, and Clip determines to find the killer.
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Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff
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Superman Is on the Radio!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Busy Signal

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Pots
Character(s): Mr. Pots
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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The Vanished Explorer

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; Tong; Raoul D'Armand; Kara; The Link Men (villains); Ahmed the Great (villain)
Synopsis: On the trail of the "missing link," Raoul D'Armand was lost in the jungles of Africa. Hearing of the news, Zatara sets out with Tong to find him.
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Pages: 11
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): The Complete Works of Shakespeare
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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