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Issue: Action Comics #223
Publication Date: December 1956
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Issues: #223 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/28/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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 First Superman of Krypton!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jor-El
First Line: Why, that's a picture of my father, Jor-El...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Fifties #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 2002
as The Superman Family [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Draw Bob Hope!

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The First Superman of Krypton

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jor-El (flashback); Lora [aka Lara] (flashback); Val Arn (villain, flashback); Khai Zor (villain, flashback)
First Line: This was Krypton, my native world!
Synopsis: Superman learns that Jor-El once conducted experiments that gave him super powers on Krypton.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #193 published January 1967
as The First Superman of Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1970 published January 1970
as Den første Supermann fra Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]1 page removed
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The last days of Krypton and the dispatching of baby Kal-El in a rocket to Earth is recapped.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Oh, my gosh!
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: To the Hotel Westmore, driver!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #30 published January 1962
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Janu, Jungle God

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Shrudlu
First Line: Make the volcano erupt...
Synopsis: Bill brings Janu a present of a box of small toys animals. Some natives see him empty the box onto the ground and, believing them to have been miniaturized by Janu, proclaim him a god.
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Gifts to the United Nations!

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How to Start a Stamp Collection

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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The Amazing Future Toys

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Sparky; Captain Brent Wood; "Nova" Norton (villain)
First Line: Yayyy! The Planeteer ship will capture the bandits!
Synopsis: While on leave visiting his relatives, Tommy's young cousin Sparky demonstrates his electronically-controlled model space ships. Tommy gets an unexpected call to action, and he and Brent pursue a number of "space monsters", which turn out to be a criminal ruse enacted by "Nova" Norton.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #185 published June 1969
as The Amazing Future Toys! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman's Secret Message

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Synopsis: Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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