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Issue: Action Comics #225
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #225 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: 12/25/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (7 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 Death of Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman (robot); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
First Line: You must all keep this secret!
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): The National Sports Council
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Death of Superman

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot; Wing Martin (crook)
First Line: And to think (choke!) we never knew that the real Superman gave his life for humanity two years ago!
Synopsis: Lois, Perry and Jimmy are shocked and saddened when "Superman" reveals himself to be a robot. The real Superman, he claims, died two years earlier on a mission in outer space.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: You told me you had no mosquitoes at your ranch!
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Winter Sports Champions of the World

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
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Pages: 1
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The Doomed Safaris!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Dirk
First Line: Every safari you recruits take out ends up in disaster!
Synopsis: Bill is hired to train a group of new recruits as safari guides for the diamond mines of Bombazi.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I don't know why I dated Alan...
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I always like to read about the big society weddings...
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I Jumped 3 1/2 Miles -- And Lived

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The Interplanetary Fort Knox

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Master Robot (intro); Orion Orton (villain)
First Line: Crooks are looting the Space Fort Knox...
Synopsis: Using robot disguises, master criminal Orion Orton plans to rob the Interplanetary Fort Knox, but Tommy outwits him by using the same ploy.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #32 published May 1959
as The Interplanetary Gold Fort [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Feature(s): Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game
First Line: This never grows up!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Company.
Back cover.

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