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Issue: Action Comics #51
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #51 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/16/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Assets2
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The Prankster and the Foolproof Plot

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; The Prankster (villain)
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In Issue: FlagO Lobinho (2ª Série) #66 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as Action Comics #51 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Little Oscar's First Raid

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Shares inside front cover with indicia and Superman's Secret Message.
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The Case of the Crimeless Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; the Prankster (villain, introduction); Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White
Synopsis: Clark and Lois are directed to a story involving a weird figure calling himself the Prankster, who breaks into a bank, only to leave a black bag "on deposit" that is chock full of money.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as The Case of the Crimeless Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as The Case of the Crimeless Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? [as Clark Kent]
Penciller(s): ? (header)
Inker(s): ? (header)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: Greetings, Superman members! If I were to tell you that...
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Pages: 1
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Captain Arthur Wermuth, One-Man Army!

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Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction, war
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Captain Arthur Wermuth
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Kool-Aid
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Guns, Gold, and Glory!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; "Brain" Storms (villain)
Synopsis: Greg Sanders returns to his old home town out west, only to find criminals from the city have gone there to get away from him.
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
First Line: Wow! Golly - That's something you see once in a lifetime!
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Pages: 0.5
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In Movies, Newspapers, Radio

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #18.
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The Valley of the Vultures

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): 3 Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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The Framer

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America and Fat Man
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Feature becomes "Americommandos" with the following installment.
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Some Must Fight

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rollin Stone
First Line: If I don't get a raise around here soon...
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Pages: 0.5
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Honest Injun!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Robin
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #6.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Spud Williams; Dave Bennett; Slim Kennedy; Tex Lee; Shorty Smith
First Line: I'm Spud Williams...come from North Carolina --
Synopsis: Bill joins the Flying Tigers and exposes a spy in their ranks.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Gosh - Look at all those icebergs!
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Pages: 0.44
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.23
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Now on Sale

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (various)
Inker(s): ? (various)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes cover reproductions of Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #4, All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #4, All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #12, Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #5, Batman (DC, 1940 series) #12, and Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #3.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry
First Line: Ah - Beautiful spring - This walk in the woods should do me good!
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Coconut Crimes!

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Tootsie Roll of Honor

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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