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Issue: Action Comics #413
Publication Date: June 1972
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Issues: #413 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: 04/27/1972
Volume: 35
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #83.
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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 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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The Voodoo Doom of Superman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Dr. Mystir [Brainiac]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1369
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The Voodoo Doom of Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Dr. Mystir (Brainiac in disguise); Lex Luthor
Synopsis: Dr. Mystir uses a voodoo doll made with souvenirs of Superman to eliminate Superman's powers, one-by-one. When Luthor hears of the doll, he joins Mystir, who is actually Brainiac in disguise.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #4/1973 published April 1973
as Voodoo-doktoren ... Supermanns overmann? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #4 published January 1975
as Voodoo Zauber gegen Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: B-1324
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
First Line: A truck full of tomatoes has overturned.
Synopsis: Super-Turtle helps a policeman by moving an overturned truck from Kosdanskio Street to Elm Street, which is easier to spell on his report.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1590
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The Man Who Destroyed Eclipso

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Eclipso; Dr. Bruce Gordon; Mona Bennett; Judson Randall (villain); Professor Bennett
Synopsis: Mona discovers that her boyfriend, Bruce Gordon, is actually Eclipso. Bruce decides to meet an old friend, Judson Randall, and he finds him apparently imprisoned within a luminous blob. He allows Judson to try to cure him of Eclipso. Eclipso is released, but he is now under Judson's control.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #65 published March 1964
was The Man Who Destroyed Eclipso [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Job Number: B-1361
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Super-Smiles
First Line: Look! A real robot!
Synopsis: A robot refuses to sit in the waiting room so its inventor decides not to patent him.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-810
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The 7 Sins of Simon Stagg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Metamorpho; Sapphire Stagg; Simon Stagg; Java; Ulysses Bronson (villain)
Synopsis: Simon Stagg's old college roommate, Ulysses Bronson invites Simon Stagg and company to see his creation, Morality Mountain, which includes statues of three of the seven deadly sins. It will cost $1 million to finish the others and Stagg hands over a check. The group are later invited to the opening of Morality Mountain. Only Ulysses is there and he insists on showing Simon alone the exhibits. The statue of Pride has Simon's face and Ulysses plans to kill Simon. Meanwhile, Metamorpho strains to keep Sapphire and Java from a chemical soup that has filled the waiting room.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1319A
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Metamorpho #17 (March-April 1968) and continues in Action Comics #414 (July 1972).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1387
Disclose Notes: The page includes letters from Matt Wilson, Excelsior Springs, Mo; Michael N. Tierstein, Brooklyn, N.Y.; David Reynolds, Conway, Ark.; John Mazurek, San Francisco, Calif.; Dale Berryhill, Memphis, Tenn.; and Joe Peluso, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The column reveals that Nick Cardy penciled and inked the cover to Action #409. It also reports that Nick Cardy drew the cover for the next Flash Super-Spectacular (The Flash #214, April 1972) with Quicksilver, a Golden Age hero first drawn by Nick Cardy.

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