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Issue: Action Comics #304
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #304 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
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)
Editor(s):  
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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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Borko of Gorn; Boscar of Krag
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In Issue: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #4 published November 2008
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #454 published July 1964
as Las olimpíadas interplanetarias [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Fill in the gaps in your family's education...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc.
Inside front cover.
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The Interplanetary Olympics!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Lois Lane; Rogan of Vorn; Borko of Gorn; Boscar of Krag
Synopsis: 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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In Issue: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #4 published November 2008
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #454 published July 1964
as Las olimpíadas interplanetarias [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #284 published February 1975
as The Interplanetary Olympics! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #11/1976 published September 1976
as Interplanetarisk olympiade! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Reworked version of "The Interplanetary Olympics" in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #220 (September 1956).
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First Line: Try a tongue teaser!
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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First Line: Hi! Boys and girls...
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics
First Line: Coming... super-attractions!
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers Paul Diamond, James Ward, Beatrice Langley, Denise Castin, Alice O'Shawn, Bruce Camden, and John Romney.
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[untitled]

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First Line: XLJ RHBX MWWY...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: 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."
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Help me stick to my diet, Shorty.
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Pages: 0.67
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First Line: Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!
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Pages: 0.33
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Task Force

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
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The Maid of Menace!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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]
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #17 published January 1964
as The Maid of Menace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #454 published July 1964
as La doncella amenaza [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special #3 published April 1969
as The Maid of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #2 published February 2008
as The Maid of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
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Great Masterpieces

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Pages: 0.33
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104 Kings' Knights

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150 Civil War Soldiers!

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Company.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women...
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First Line: Brother, can you spare a dime...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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