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Issue: Action Comics #396
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #396 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/25/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11/1971 published May 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-849
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The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Rob Fletcher; Carl Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds
Synopsis: Twenty years in the future, Superman had lost most of his powers and is living on the streets of Metropolis, where scientific advanced have rendered him useless.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11/1971 published May 1971
as Der Super-Bettler von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1971 published August 1971
as Super-tiggereren fra Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Super-Bettler von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: B-813
Disclose Notes: Imaginary Story. Story continues in Action Comics #397 (February 1971)
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A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman (brief origin); George Taylor; Perry White; Clark Kent; Jimmy Olsen; The Newsboy Legion; Rose and the Thorn; Supergirl; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Promo for Superman and Superman related DC titles. Art id confirmed by many on the main email list.
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More for Your Money...and Better

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #228 [Giant #G-79], on sale November 10
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The Invaders from Nowhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; the Seekers [Tirrik; Klurr] (villains)
Synopsis: Aliens from a microscopic world inside Superman's Fortress kidnap him and force him to use his powers to rejuvenate their world.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #6/1971 published June 1971
as Invasjonen fra ingensted! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Homem #1 published July 1984
as Invasores de Krann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: B-818
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All New

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Date with Debbi (DC, 1969 series) #13 and The Three Mouseketeers (DC, 1969 series) #7, both on sale November 17
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Revealing a Trio of Secret Identities

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-802
Disclose Notes: Biographies of Leo Dorfman, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. Reveals that Geoff Brown is a pseudonym of Leo Dorfman (combines his son's name, Geoff, with his wife's maiden name, Brown).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-853
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Keith Griffin; Gregory Kent; K. Haven Metzger; Stuart Liber

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