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Issue: Action Comics #459
Publication Date: May 1976
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Issues: #459 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/26/1976
Volume: 39
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041005
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Blackrock
First Line: If one of them doesn't win that fight quick... ...I'm dead!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #58 published January 1984
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Twinkieless Gotham City

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Penguin; Batman; Robin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman's Big Crack-Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Lola Barnett; Blackrock [Samuel Tanner] (villain); Dr. Silverstone
Synopsis: Universal Broadcasting Company creates the superhero Blackrock, hoping to increase their ratings against rival WGBS.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #14/1976 published July 1976
as Supermans Super-Knacks ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #51 published January 1983
as Supermans Super-Knacks ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #58 published January 1984
as Supermans Super-Knacks ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-2233
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Two for the Taxi!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Miss Conway; Martin Taine; Wade Armstrong
Synopsis: Clark Kent solves the mystery of a kidnapped boxer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #17/1976 published August 1976
as "Taxi für Zwei" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #4/1977 published April 1977
as Drosje for to [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2257
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

This feature is continued from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #294.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: S-2273
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Richy Forman, Michael D. Dargay and Steve Brown.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Average circulation given as 232,000 for the last year.

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