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Issue: Action Comics #277
Publication Date: June 1961
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Issues: #277 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: 04/27/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 15, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1961. Second class permit. Copyright number B899515.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In14
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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The Battle of the Super-Pets!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl; Streaky; Krypto
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #8 published November 1961
as The Battle of the Super-Pets [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #2 published February 2003
as Featuring "The Battle of the Super-Pets!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #2 published February 2003
as Back Cover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as Action Comics #277 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #3 published June 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Superman's Greatest Feats" actually appears in that month's Superman #146.
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Test Your Talent

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Conquest of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lex Luthor (villain); Superman Robot
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #28 published November 1961
as The Conquest of Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #11 published June 1965
as The Conquest of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #5/1968 published January 1968
as Luthors Triumpf über Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #16 [Direct Sales] published September 1981
as The Conquest of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #3 published June 2007
as The Conquest Of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: 23rd anniversary story.
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: It is not!" "It is! I know!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #242 published July 1958
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: [3039]
Disclose Notes: Job number appears on original printing but not on this printing.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Douglas Dowdy, Jimmy Longgardner, Steven Sussman, Viola M. Schrader, Joseph Blitman, Leon Wieseltier, MIke Hyatt, Darla Middbrook.
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The Battle of the Super-Pets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Streaky; Krypto; Superman; Mr. Mxyzptlk (image); The Interplanetary Multi-Dimensional Practical Jokers Club; Super-Monkey (cameo)
Synopsis: Supergirl has a series of contests between Krypto and Streaky.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #8 published November 1961
as The Battle of the Super-Pets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #373 published March 1969
as The Battle of the Super-Pets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #2 published February 2003
as The Battle of the Super-Pets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as The Battle of the Super-Pets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Superman Is on Television!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventure Comics; Tales of the Bizarrro World
First Line: Featured in the next issue of Adventure Comics...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Parents Have Rights, Too!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Just Imagine!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Prod. Corp.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Prod. Corp.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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