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Issue: Action Comics #57
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #57 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: 12/12/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (10 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
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Crime's Comedy King

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Prankster (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Action Comics #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Forties #[nn] published December 2005
as Opponents [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Crime's Comedy King!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Prankster (villain)
Synopsis: The Prankster creates an organization called the Appreciation Society as a front for robberies, even claiming that he knows the secret to Superman's invulnerability.
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In Content Item: FlagWanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #9 published August 1973
as Crime's Comedy King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Crime's Comedy King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Sgt. Meyer Levin

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Sgt. Meyer Levin
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: No Fishing
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Feature(s): Superman
First Line: No, Arthur...
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The Feud of the Rimfire Ridge!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry
First Line: Gosh - What a mob...
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Disclose Notes: A pair of small ads.
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Feature(s): Victory Picture Frames
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Veiled Desert Bandits!

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Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): 3 Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy
First Line: Baseball is a fine game...
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Boy! What a Cast!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.25
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New!

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Feature(s): Headline Comics
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Pages: 0.25
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Mightier Than the Sword

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Americommando
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]
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Pages: 8
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The Condor

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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Naval Engagement

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Galloping Ghosts

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Pedro; Fernando; Burton
Synopsis: Bill foils the construction of a secret German airbase in Argentina.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: I've got a bad toothache...
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Brand New!

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Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
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Treasure Trove

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

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[untitled]

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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High in Energy

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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