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Issue: Action Comics #398
Publication Date: March 1971
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Issues: #398 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: 01/28/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Pied Piper of Steel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1972 published July 1972
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #172 published December 1973
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #2 published January 1974
as Alles über SUPERMAN und seine SUPERGEGNER [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #3 published January 1975
as Superman [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Pied Piper of Steel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Morgan Edge; Cy Harkin
Synopsis: Rock promoter Cy Harkin develops a method of mind control that is transmitted through the music of the concerts he runs so that he can order the teenage fans to tear down the college that once fired him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as The Pied Piper of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]partial black and white
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1972 published July 1972
as Der stählerne Rattenfänger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #172 published December 1973
as The Pied Piper Of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as The Pied Piper of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: B-869
Disclose Notes: In this issue, Morgan Edge orders the Daily Planet globe removed from the building and transfers Clark from the Planet to become a roving television reporter.
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Spawn of the Unknown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl; Professor Bruno
Synopsis: Superman encounters a strange species of plant that alters its appearance to that of animals and humans nearby.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #6/1975 published June 1975
as Fra en annen verden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-881
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Job Number: B-917
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Rudy Rankins; Gerard Triano; Gregory Kent
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1970
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 329,925
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 364,358
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Service, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation

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