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Issue: Action Comics #340
Publication Date: August 1966
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Issues: #340 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Adventure Comics #347 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Power of the Parasite!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; the Parasite [Raymond Jensen]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStålmannen #17/1966 published October 1966
as Parasitens väldiga krafter! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1960s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Power of the Parasite!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Parasite [Raymond Jensen] (origin); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis: Exposed to radioactive waste, lab worker Jensen becomes the Parasite, who has the ability to absorb energy from all living beings, including Superman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStålmannen #17/1966 published October 1966
as Parasiten slår till! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #93 published May 1967
as Power of the Parasite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #10 [Direct Sales] published March 1981
as Power of the Parasite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #32 [Direct Sales] published January 1983
as Power of the Parasite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Introducing Jimmy Olsen

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #95 [80 Page Giant #G-25], on sale June 14
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: With best wishes from your super-pal -- Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by John Bowman, Marc Ehrlich, James Fluhart, Nancy DeAngelis, Jason Guthrie, Jeff Bradley, Guy Martin, James Chiampas, Len Bascome, Robert Conover, and Mel Chester.

Clark Kent's Social Security number is given as 092-09-6616
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The Supergirl Identity Hunt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Superman; Dick Malverne; Philip Raines; Fact Finder; Susan Meadows; Mrs. Hart; Jerry Hawes; Elaine Sterling; Ethel Harris; Janice Tyler; Sally King; Dr. Small
Synopsis: The Fact Finder, a professional blackmailer, has deduced that Supergirl was once associated with the Midvale Orphanago, and he uses the opportunity of a reunion there to try and figure out her secret identity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStålmannen #17/1966 published October 1966
as Jakten på Stålflickan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67

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