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Issue: Action Comics #317
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 08/27/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 23 (4 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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
The Rainbow Faces of Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Lois Lane; Lana Lang
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #5/1968 published January 1968
as SUPERMANS Regenbogen-Gesicht [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Smoking Is for Squares!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
non-fiction, opinion
Paulette Breen (winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Superman's Rainbow Face!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Nor-Kan (death); Jimmy Olsen (as a trophy)
Red Kryptonite causes Superman's emotions to be reflected in the color of his face, which means that Clark must hide the changes from Lois.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #5/1968 published January 1968
as Supermans Regenbogengesicht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10.67
[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
L. C. Leprechaun
'Tis luck to catch a leprechaun!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the page immediately following page 6 of "Superman's Rainbow Face!"
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Tricksy
Tricksy will pull this car for one whole block...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of "Superman's Rainbow Face!"
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Tootsie Rolls go on and on...
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Miscellaneous
0.33
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of "Superman's Rainbow Face!"
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
letters submitted by John Poskonka, Michele Valente, David Hamilton, John Deckert, Lynn Miller, Michael Settle, and Philip Duffy.
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
UWRGTOCP DGEQOGU...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code (Code Venus No. 2). Decoded message reads: "Superman becomes Batman's prisoner in the November World's Finest."
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Casey
A radio playing at this time of night...
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #269 published July 1959
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Nothing else is Silly Putty!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Are Cheerioes your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Great Supergirl Double-Cross!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; also appears as Linda Danvers]; Lena Thorul; Lex Luthor (villain); Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Jeff Colby; Dick Malverne
When Supergirl mistakes Lena Thorul's new boyfriend for an enemy agent she breaks up their romance. Upon finding out that she was mistaken, she has to get them back together.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #18/1967 published September 1967
as Supergirls Schuld und Sühne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Superman Family #166 published August 1974
as The Great Supergirl Double-Cross! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #2 published February 2008
as The Great Supergirl Double-Cross! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.67
In this story, Lena Thorul weds Jeff Colby, an FBI agent who once arrested Lex Luthor.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
I like chocolate fudge best!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Boys and girls!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
100 Magnets

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Worth Rounding Up...

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
The Story of Lena Thorul

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
104 Fighting Kings' Knights

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
?
Subject Matter
Boys, girls, men, women...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
100 pc Toy Soldier Set $1.25

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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