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Issue: Action Comics #305
Publication Date: October 1963
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Issues: #305 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: 08/29/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: There is no price on either the cover or in the indicia; however surrounding issues and contemporary issues were all 12 cents.

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
Format Notes:  
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Why Superman Needs a Secret Identity!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Issue: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #4 published November 2008
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Play It Safe!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: a day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service")
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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Why Superman Needs a Secret Identity!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lex Luthor (villain); Lana Lang; Superboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Chief Parker; Superman Robots; Lois Lane; Ed Lacy (villain); Benny the Blaster (villain)
Synopsis: As Clark Kent is faced with a choice between saving his friends and protecting his secret identity, the reader is shown three different scenarios explaining why Superman needs to preserve that secret.
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In Issue: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #4 published November 2008
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.67
Disclose Notes: imaginary stories within a framing story
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Try a Tongue Teaser!

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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Gregory Feldman, Curtis Roemer, Louis B. Cohen, Gerald Leroux, Lana Fuller, and Otto Grange.
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First Line: Fight global air battles with planes of all nations
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Pages: 0.5
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207 Stamps

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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1
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[untitled]

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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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The Girl Who Hated Supergirl!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Karen Blair; Dick Malverne; Edna Danvers; Bill Blair; Zor-El (flashback); Allura (flashback); Superman (flashback); Dr. Blair (flashback)
Synopsis: Karen Blair hates Supergirl because she believes that the rocket that brought Supergirl to Earth caused an accident that killed her father and crippled her brother. Supergirl is finally able to prove that she was not responsible.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1967 published April 1967
as Das Mädchen, das Supergirl hasste [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #2 published February 2008
as The Girl Who Hated Supergirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10.67
Disclose Notes: John Forte added as artist/inker of some panels by Jim Walker.

Establishes the date of Supergirl's arrival on Earth as May 18th.
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[untitled]

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First Line: For party fun! Game of the month!
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Super-Turtle
First Line: Ah - My super-vision sees a man in distress out in the desert!
Synopsis: Super-Turtle spots a man in distress out in the desert. He builds a long pipeline to bring water to him.
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superboy; Adventure Comics
First Line: Coming... super-attractions!
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Pages: 0.33
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Blast Off

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Five Star Toys.
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Task Force

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Co.
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104 Kings' Knights

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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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