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Issue: Action Comics #197
Publication Date: October 1954
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Issues: #197 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/25/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (5 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; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Stolen 'S'-Shirts!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: My collection of 'S'-uniforms will be complete as soon as I can find a way of getting Superman's shirt!
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Amazing offer free! 100 foreign stamps from all corners of the world...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Stolen 'S' Shirts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Stanley Stark; "Swifty" Smith
First Line: I've won my letter --- Superman's shirt!
Synopsis: Stanley Stark gets two crooks to steal Superman’s shirt for him in an attempt to analyze and duplicate the invulnerable material composing it. But Superman regains his shirt and nabs Stark and his stooges.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #108 published July 1956
as The Stolen 'S' Shirts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #193 published January 1967
as The Stolen "S" Shirts [Story on Interior Page(s)]a few modifications
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Pages: 10
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First Line: Peanuts popcorn and Tootsie Rolls
Synopsis: Tootsie Roll products are being sold to the fans sitting in a baseball stadium.
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
First Line: Gosh, Joe, you can't quit school just like that!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
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The Chimp Who Became a King!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Chota (chimpanzee)
First Line: Gulp I sure hope my friends never get wind of this!
Synopsis: Chota finds an amulet that makes him king of a local village.
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In Content Item: FlagCongo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy #1 published April 1955
as The Chimp Who Became a King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Look - There's Ruffy! He's been braggin' he could spend a night in the ol' haunted house!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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First Line: Polio research will mean victory!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for polio research.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: My, it's late. I'd better go home...
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: (Code Pluto No. 8)
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Pages: 0.33
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Death from the Sky

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Burning pellets burst from the volcano, ready to kill all in their path
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Pages: 2
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The Masked Gladiator!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Sando (crook); Riki Mantos (crook); Ragso Harrington (crook); Frenchie LaFarge (crook)
First Line: The Coliseum!...Once the setting of fabulous Roman holidays...
Synopsis: Greg and Stuff are in Rome. As Greg he is booked to play a concert, but as Vigilante he has promised to aid the local police in capturing noted crook Sando.
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In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #1/1966 published February 1966
as Den maskerte gladiatoren! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupercomic #13 published August 1968
as El gladiador enmascarado [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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First Line: Yours for only 1¢
Synopsis: Artistic Card Co., Inc.
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First Line: Here's the easy step-by-step way to fix any card in a jiffy!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Cracker Jack offers you genuine Judy Jane doll dresses 89¢ values each only 25¢ and one Cracker Jack label
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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