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Issue: Action Comics #245
Publication Date: October 1958
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Issues: #245 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: 08/28/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (6 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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Shrinking Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 published November 2004
as The Shrinking Superman! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Shrinking Superman! [Action Comics #245 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items.
Inside front cover.
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The Shrinking Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul (villain); policemen; pedestrians; Justice of the Peace; clerk
Synopsis: Lois accidentally releases from Kandor the criminal Zak-Kul, who traps Superman in Kandor and takes over his life. Lois marries Zak-Kul thinking him Kal-El, but he tries to kill Lois because she keeps asking him Kal-El's secret id. Kal-El, trapped inside the "Krypton City," uses one of the three remaining specks of Illium-349 to shrink himself even smaller and slip between the atoms of Krypton City's jar, then uses the second speck to enlarge both himself and the third speck. Zak-Kul meanwhile futilely attempts to hide from Superman by disguising himself as a mild-mannered reporter.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStålmannen #12/1966 published August 1966
as Förkrympt stålman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 published November 2004
as The Shrinking Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Shrinking Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Bottle City of Kandor #[nn] published December 2007
as The Shrinking Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: There are so real giants!
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Pages: 0.5
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Do You Know the Legend of Superman?

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Feature(s): Adventure Comics
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Pages: 1
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Lost -- A Free Education!

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Genres: humorous, opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
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The Interplanetary Scarecrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tommy Tomorrow
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #29 published February 1959
as The Interplanetary Scarecrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Vic, pick me up at eight.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #185 published February 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief

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Genres: adventure
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The illustration at the top of the letter column is taken from the splash panel of the Superman story in Action Comics #241. This illustration appears at the top of the letter columns in Action Comics #245-271 and Superman #124-145.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Casey, an emergency call just came through.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMr. District Attorney #17 published September 1950
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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The Secret of the Super Animals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Professor Peters
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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