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Issue: Action Comics #246
Publication Date: November 1958
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Issues: #246 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: 09/30/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (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 Doom from Krypton!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 published November 2004
as The Doom from Krypton! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Doom from Krypton! [Action Comics #246 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Krypton on Earth!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jonas Smith
Synopsis: Real estate promoter Jonas Smith creates the planned community of Krypton Island, which opens with a pageant featuring a re-enactment of Jor-El and Lara sending Baby Kal-El to Earth. But Superman realizes Smith is a wanted criminal and stops him from smuggling off Krypton Island diamonds that Superman made from coal.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 published November 2004
as Krypton on Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as Krypton on Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I've dated a new doll this afternoon...
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Feature(s): Showcase; Adam Strange
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Look to the Stars!

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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.
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Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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The King of Cages

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Genres: jungle
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Pages: 5.67
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Yes sir, you must lead a pretty rugged life!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Destination Unknown!

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Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #31 published April 1959
as Destination Unknown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): American Geographical Society's Around the World Program
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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