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Issue: Action Comics #81
Publication Date: February 1945
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Issues: #81 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: 12/12/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Modified version of this issue released as Special Edition [U.S. Navy] (DC, 1944 series) #2 for U.S. Navy with simplified text.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Baby New Year; Father Time
First Line: This is where I get off, Superman...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpecial Edition, Action Comics #2 published December 1944
as Action Comics #81 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #81 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buzzy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Fairyland Isle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (un-named); John Nicholas; Jason; Ted; Ned; Fancy Dan
First Line: Where ther'es a will - - there are relatives and heirs!
Synopsis: John Nicholas' dream of building "Fairyland Isle", whose admission is absolutely free to poor kids, seems not to be ready for the Christmas season opening until Santa 'Superman' Claus steps in to make it a reality. Open it does, but the dis-inherited heirs of the man who provided their playland provide their share of sabotage.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Fairyland Isle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: She suggested keeping me company...
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Pages: 1
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The Man Who Stole Time!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: Though folks in Sleepyside all speak in rhyme...
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Pages: 5
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Race with Death!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: All she gave us was fruit...
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Pages: 1
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Nemesis of the Northland!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Big Dutch; MacGregor
First Line: Crime is no respecter of longitudes and latitudes...
Synopsis: Bill pursues a diamond thief into wilderness country.
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Pages: 5.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Great Scott! That thief stole my wallet!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ticket to Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Second page on inside back cover.
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The Chinatown Kid, Magician!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Mingo (crook); Forrester; Archie (crook)
First Line: Stuff, pal of The Vigilante. rolls up his sleeves...
Synopsis: Stuff is learning magic tricks. Greg takes him to the Hall of the Future, to see future 'magic' tricks such as photoelectric cells and prefabricated houses. When Mingo and his men try to steal artifacts, Vigilante and Stuff pursue them, and are captured. Stuff distracts the goon guarding them with magic tricks while Vigilante escapes his bonds.
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Pages: 10
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Sea-Going Sparklers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; "Stone" Stanner (crook); Hammer (crook); Miguel
First Line: Many times Zatara's run against the clever ruses of a crook!
Synopsis: Zatara is called in to help uncover illegal diamonds being smuggled in from Brazil. He fails to find any evidence on a newly-docked ship, so he travels to Rio to check the situation at its source. While there he uncovers the scam set up by "Stone" Stanner and brings him to justice.
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Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Weather Man
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Pages: 1
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Not to Be Repeated!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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