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Issue: Action Comics #269
Publication Date: October 1960
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Issues: #269 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: 08/30/1960
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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The Truth Mirror!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as Action Comics #269 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Truth Mirror!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; "Flash" Dugan (villain); Superman Robot; Lois Lane Robot; Hazel
Synopsis: Lois receives a magic mirror from her uncle that reveals a person's true nature. She uses it to find out Superman is really Clark Kent, but Superman then tricks her into believing that the mirror does not always work.
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In Content Item: FlagStålmannen #13/1967 published June 1967
as Sanningsspegeln! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #197 published June 1967
as The Truth Mirror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #38 [Direct Sales] published July 1983
as The Truth Mirror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as The Truth Mirror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Tricksy, you've got to smile for the audience.
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Adventure Comics; Superboy; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
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Pages: 0.33
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Just Imagine!

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Feature(s): Justice League of America
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Anne Zeek, Bettyjane Lumpkin, Fred B. Weissler, Ben R. Harding, Buddy Brooks, Peter VanDervoort, Barbara I. Hoyt, Gary Simcox, Mike Dennis, D.L.B., Ilene Kayne, Claire Ossine, Ruth Keane, Earl Binder
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Supergirl's First Romance!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Jerro the Merboy (intro); Lori Lemaris; Ronal; Superman (statue); Freddy Blake
Synopsis: Supergirl is called upon by Lori Lemaris to help Atlantis from a disaster. There, she falls in love with a merboy, Jerro.
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #334 published March 1966
as Supergirl's First Romance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #14/1968 published July 1968
as Supergirls erste Liebe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #2 published February 2003
as Supergirl's First Romance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as Supergirl's First Romance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Pete!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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