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Issue: Action Comics #52
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #52 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: 07/14/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No issue number or date in indicia. 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Zatara; Congo Bill; Vigilante; Americommando
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Zatara; Congo Bill; Vigilante; Americommando
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagO Lobinho (2ª Série) #50 published ?cover
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as Action Comics #52 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagJustice League: Cry for Justice #1 [Left Side of Cover] published September 2009
as Justice League: Cry For Justice [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray. This cover, featuring all of the Action heroes, has been reprinted often. It is worth noting an alternative identification of the cover artist(s), by Golden Age artist and comics historian Jerry Robinson, who had the drawing table next to Fred Ray in the DC bullpen at the time of production. In a comment made while examining the cover more than half a century later (Alter Ego 19 (December 2002), page 5) Robinson concludes that the Superman, Zatara and Congo Bill figures are inked by Ray, but Vigilante is inked by the strip's regular artist Mort Meskin. He adds, 'I'm quite certain Bernard Baily did the Americommando figure'.
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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. A listing of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comic Magazines and a list of those magazines and their frequencies.
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Cowhand Goes to Town

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Review of Cowhand Goes to Town by Phil Strong, with pictures by Kurt Wiese. Page includes Superman's Secret Message, and the indicia.
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The Emperor of America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; The Emperor of America (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The President of the United States vacates his position in favor of The Emperor, who uses a non-resistance ray to take over America without firing a shot. He doesn't count on Superman providing any opposition, however.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as The Emperor of America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as The Emperor of America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: An imaginary story in post-war America.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: Greetings, Superman members! Somewhere over the dense, mosquito-ridden jungles...
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Pages: 1
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Lt. Colonel Boyd "Buzz" Wagner

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Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Lieutenant Colonel Boyd David "Buzz" Wagner
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Pages: 1
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Pages: 1
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Sing a Song of Six Guns!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (origin); Stuff
Synopsis: Greg's show is almost pulled off the air until he learns how to make the jive with some classical kids who've had their instruments heisted by Jiggers Jolton.
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Pages: 12
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Pvt. Pete
First Line: This is quite a mission to be sent on!
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
First Line: I want more Superman!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #18, with small cover repro.
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The Battle of a Thousand Years

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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The Case of the Stolen Spectacles!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): Presenting Mr. America and Fat Man as The Americommandos
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]
Synopsis: Mr. America catches an escaped spy.
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Pages: 8
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Wolf Hunt

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Gertie
Character(s): Little Gertie
First Line: Gertie, I'm going over to Mrs. Whalen's...
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Pages: 0.5
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Biggest and Best!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7, with small cover repro.
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The One-Man Army!

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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Ting Ho
Synopsis: Bill carries a secret message through the Japanese lines to a Chinese commander.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Pvt. Pete
First Line: What a night to stand guard duty!
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Pages: 0.44
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Prize Comics
First Line: Meet Yank and Doodle!
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: Ad for Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v2#11 (23), with a small, partial cover repro.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: He's in charge of our complaint department...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 gags.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Here it is, boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1.
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Crime on Ice!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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Now on Sale

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad featuring cover repros from Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #4, All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #6, 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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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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