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Issue: Action Comics #304
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 07/25/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Copyright 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
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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 Interplanetary Olympics!

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superhero
Superman; Borko of Gorn; Boscar of Krag
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FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #4 published November 2008
FlagSupermán #454 published July 1964
as Las olimpíadas interplanetarias [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Fill in the gaps in your family's education...
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Sold by Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc.
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The Interplanetary Olympics!

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Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Lois Lane; Rogan of Vorn; Borko of Gorn; Boscar of Krag
Superman and Lana are taken to the planet Vorn, where Superman is invited to compete in the Interplanetary Olympics. He loses in all the competitions, and later reveals to Lana that he knew it was all a plot to steal his super-powers, which is why he didn't use them.
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FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #4 published November 2008
FlagSupermán #454 published July 1964
as Las olimpíadas interplanetarias [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #284 published February 1975
as The Interplanetary Olympics! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #11/1976 published September 1976
as Interplanetarisk olympiade! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Reworked version of "The Interplanetary Olympics" in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #220 (September 1956).
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Try a tongue teaser!
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Hi! Boys and girls...
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Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics
Coming... super-attractions!
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Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
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Letters from readers Paul Diamond, James Ward, Beatrice Langley, Denise Castin, Alice O'Shawn, Bruce Camden, and John Romney.
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XLJ RHBX MWWY...
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Membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code (Code Jupiter No. 4). Decoded message reads: "The next issue of Action will reveal why Superman needs a secret identity."
[untitled]

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humorous
Shorty
Help me stick to my diet, Shorty.
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[untitled]

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Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!
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Task Force

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Sold by Helen of Toy.
The Maid of Menace!

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superhero
Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Black Flame [Zora] (villain, introduction, origin); Dick Malverne; Comet the Super-Horse; Bal-Korin (Census Chief of Kandor); Edna Danvers; Fred Danvers (cameo); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; General Zod; Professor Vakox; Kru-El; five unnamed prisoners]
Black Flame, a super-powered villainess, tells Supergirl she is her descendant from the 40th century, but Supergirl eventually deduces that she is really from Kandor, and wipes out her powers with Gold Kryptonite.
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FlagSuper Adventure Comic #17 published January 1964
as The Maid of Menace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermán #454 published July 1964
as La doncella amenaza [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special #3 published April 1969
as The Maid of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #2 published February 2008
as The Maid of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Great Masterpieces

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104 Kings' Knights

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150 Civil War Soldiers!

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Sold by Josely Company.
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Boys, girls, men, women...
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[untitled]

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Brother, can you spare a dime...
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Inside back cover.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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