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Issue: Action Comics #257
Publication Date: October 1959
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Issues: #257 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: 08/27/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 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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Clark Kent, the Reporter of Steel!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as Clark Kent, the Reporter of Steel! [Action Comics #257 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Inside front cover.
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The Reporter of Steel!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman Robots
Synopsis: Luthor creates a ray that gives super-powers and uses it on Clark Kent. But Clark convinces Luthor it also compels him to be super-generous, and Luthor destroys the device.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Reporter of Steel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Pages: 0.5
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tricksy
First Line: That Tricksy is the greatest slack wire artist...
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming Super-Attractions

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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promotional house advertisement for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series), Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series), and Superman (DC, 1939 series).
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The Man-Ape Skin Diver!

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Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): foreign spies (villains)
Synopsis: Foreign agents kidnap Janu to force Congorilla to retrieve an experimental nuclear tank which they have sunk into a river.
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Pages: 6
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jack Van Au, Walter Coppinger, Mike Erskine, Mrs. A. S., Ed Schwerin, Steven Hubert, and Michael Darrow.
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The Three Magic Wishes!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Tom Baxter; Peggy
Synopsis: When Tommy Baxter doesn't believe in fairy tales, Supergirl decides to prove him wrong.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Family #178 published August 1976
as The Three Magic Wishes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #1 published December 2001
as The Three Magic Wishes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as The Three Magic Wishes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Co.
Back cover.

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