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Issue: Superman #27
Publication Date: April 1944
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Issues: #27 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Overseas Service Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Superman Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: none entered
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
17 (7 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed by the United States Army, Army Service Forces, The Special Service Division.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Palace of Perilous Play; Dear Diary; When Giants Meet; Robbers' Roost

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
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Pages: 1
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Superman Appears Every Month in Action Comics

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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad, located on the inside front cover. A shield surrounds small cover reproductions of the current issues of Action Comics, Adventure Comics, All-American Comics, Detective Comics, Flash Comics, More Fun Comics, Sensation Comics, and Star Spangled Comics. No additional illustrations.
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The Palace of Perilous Play!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Lottie Lovemore; Toyman [Winslow Schott] (villain)
Synopsis: Superman struggles with the schemes of the terrible Toyman, who is out to design coin machines that will make him rich and devices that will give him revenge on the Man of Tomorrow.
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Pages: 12
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Energy on the Alert!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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When Giants Meet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Paul Bunyan (introduction, meets Superman in a fantasy tale); Babe (Bunyan's ox)
Synopsis: While up in the big north woods in search of background material for articles on the lumbering industry, Clark and Lois listen to an entertaining tale about the time Superman and Paul Bunyan actually met. But when one of the listeners refuses to believe that Superman is real, the Man of Steel puts in an appearance when the cabin everyone is in is hit by lightning.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Proto-imaginary story.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancey
First Line: A guy's gotta have some company!
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Rex] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Rex] (signed)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Butch ain't got de nerve to hit this new kid...
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Pages: 1
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Robbers' Roost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Hiram Pardee (introduction); Percival Lister (villain); Arch Angler (villain, introduction); Fingers Falvey (villain); Timothy (villain); Porky (villain)
Synopsis: Superman has to help a gawky young fellow from a country farm, who arrives in Metropolis with an inherited fortune. The young man had promised his late uncle that he'd continue to take care of pigeons his uncle had raised, not knowing that a group of criminals are using those pigeons to move stolen gems from a jewelry heist.
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Help Me Smash This Menace!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: opinion, superhero
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Private Pete
First Line: Gosh, Pete, the top sergeant is in a real nasty mood today...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Boys! Girls! Eat the super cereal you hear all about on the Superman radio program
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Pages: 1
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The Artistic Touch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Dear Diary!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Randall Rocksell; Goldie Gates (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The notorious Goldie Gates convinces Randall Rocksell that if he will invest huge sums of money with him, that Rocksell will make a half-million a day on his investment. However, Superman discovers that Rocksell is being paid dividends with his own money and Gates is is perilously close to gaining the power of attorney over Rocksell's money and property.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Superman has a blue "S" on cape.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
First Line: New Commando Krak-a-Jap Machine Gun
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
First Line: American Seeds for Victory Gardens
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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