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Issue: Action Comics #23
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #23 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/23/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This is the first issue with a DC bullet on cover.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 449540. The filing states that Detective Comics, Inc. is the publisher and copyright holder.
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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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Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Europe at War, Part 2

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): General Lupo (villain)
Synopsis: While on assignment with Lois Lane as Clark Kent, Superman investigates the conflict between Galonia and Toran and finds munitions manufacturer Luthor behind it. When Lois is kidnapped and taken to Luthor's colossal dirigible, Superman follows and puts an end to Luthor and the war.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Europe at War, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Forties #[nn] published December 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman vs. Lex Luthor #[nn] published August 2006
as America at War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Europe at War, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Radio show begins 2/12/40; Superman #4 on sale 2/15/40. Although this predates Action 23, the Luthor story here comes first. The last panel of this story is an illoed promo ad for the Sandman in ASdventure Comics.
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Now on Sale!

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Supermen of America

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Trouble at the Mine

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jim Bradley; "Bull" Lock (villain)
First Line: Hi Jim - How's the assistant manager of the Digby Mines?
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Dead Men Tell No Tales

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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Captain Ruff (villain)
First Line: The year of 1800...
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The Lost City of Gold

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Genres: adventure, aviation
First Line: Three winged airbirds...
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No. 1 - Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Feature(s): Action Comics Monthly Book Review
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Feature(s): Peck Brothers
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How to Find Bones

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Uncle Otto
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Feature(s): Miniature Homes Co.
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The Man with the Rubber Face

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Delores Clark; Enak
First Line: Say Mr. Tex - W-what am dat knockin'?
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Pages: 10
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Spy's Return

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Genres: adventure
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Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Revolution in Verdania, Part 1

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lieutenant Diaz; Lieutenant Calle
First Line: Clip, en route by steamer from Africa to South America...
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Red Cross Anniversary

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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Treasure Tower

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Rick Evans; Kay; Kartzoff (villain)
First Line: Oh! Excuse me1
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Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): The Complete Works of Shakespeare
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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