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Issue: Action Comics #280
Publication Date: September 1961
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Issues: #280 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: 07/27/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (3 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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Brainiac's Super-Revenge!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Brainiac; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #3 published June 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Brainiac's Super-Revenge!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Congo Bill; Congorilla; Brainiac (villain); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Molnur; Invisible Rogue; Elastic Crook; Electric Man (cameo); Insect Master (cameo)
Synopsis: Congorilla helps Superman, Lois and Jimmy escape from Brainiac's trap.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Family #168 published December 1974
as Brainiac's Super-Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #13/1976 published October 1976
as Brainiac - superhevneren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #3 published June 2007
as Brainiac's Super-Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Jim Larsen, J. W. Santamo, John Palanza, Richard Tomaso, Jerry Dortsch, Judy Plotkin, John Green, and Angus Kahn.
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Feature(s): Superman; Adventure Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ollie
First Line: This correspondence course on magic is great!
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There's More Than Meets the Eye...

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Trapped in Kandor!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [Linda Danvers] (brief origin); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lesla-Lar (villain); Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Zor-El (flashback); Perry White (cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: Kandorian scientist Lesla-Lar changes places with a de-powered Supergirl using her teleporter ray and begins her plan to destroy Superman.
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #360 published March 1968
as Part 3: Trapped in Kandor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]8 1/3 pages only
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #2 published February 2003
as Trapped in Kandor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as Trapped in Kandor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Action Comics #279; story continues in Action Comics #281.
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Guaranteed to Make You Smile...

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See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...

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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3
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The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets

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Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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