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Issue: Action Comics #61
Publication Date: June 1943
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Issues: #61 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: 04/13/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Action Comics #61 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
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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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The Big Eight

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Pages: 0.67
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The Man They Wouldn't Believe!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Craig Shaw (villain)
First Line: The matter of Superman's secret identity is one of utmost importance.
Synopsis: Lois writes an article critical of a certain playboy, but it backfires when he falls in love and proposes to her, making even Clark Kent jealous enough to reveal his secret identity to her.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as The Man They Wouldn't Believe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Sgt. David Woody

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Sgt. David Woody
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Pages: 0.5
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Energy Is Ammunition!

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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The Cat and the Fiddler!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff [Jimmy Leung]; VILLAINS: The Fiddler; Fiddler's Gang--Sailor; Droop; Sport
First Line: A baleful bow scrapes sinister strings, and mocking...
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Pages: 12
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One Arabian Night

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): 3 Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
First Line: Cease firing!
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Pages: 4.9
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Action That Zings!

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Feature(s): Prize Comics; Headline Comics
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The Dikes of Death!

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Americommando
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]; VILLAINS: Herr Spitzen; Van Der Clos
First Line: In Holland, where skaters once made the dikeways ring with...
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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A Dog's Life

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.67
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Model Planes

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Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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A Blowout in Istanbul

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Emil; Mustafa Pasha
Synopsis: Bill and a Turkish espionage agent prevent a German invasion of Turkey.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Pvt. Pete
First Line: Private Pete - It's up to you to bring it back...
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The Man who Stole Magic!

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara; VILLAIN: Chilly Sly
First Line: Every person, at one time or another in his life, has...
Synopsis: A small time crook learns how to harness Zatara's powers for his own criminal gain.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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