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Issue: Action Comics #342
Publication Date: October 1966
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Issues: #342 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: 08/30/1966
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 copyright registration.

Copyright © National Periodical Publications, Inc., 1966.
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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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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Super-Human Bomb!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Grax
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1968 published January 1968
as Jorden er truet [Illustration on Cover, Front]US, 1966
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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For the First Time on the Motion Picture Screen in Color

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Joker; Riddler; Catwoman; Penguin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Batman movie.
On inside front cover in black and white.
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The Super-Human Bomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Grax; Brainiac; Lois Lane; Professor Potter (cameo)
Synopsis: Interplanetary criminal Grax defeats Brainiac, then travels to Earth where he uses Brainiac's force-field to trap Superman on Earth, then attaches a super-powerful bomb to him which will destroy the planet.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #95 published July 1967
as The Super-Human Bomb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1968 published January 1968
as Supermann med superbomben! [Story on Interior Page(s)]US, 1966
In Content Item: FlagDC Special #18 published October 1975
as The Super-Human Bomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #42 [Direct Sales] published November 1983
as The Super-Human Bomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: He's not: as strong as... Superman...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale September 22
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Barbara Louise Carroll; Den Kelly; Mike Buffington; Anthony Morgan; Randy Schrenk; G. P. Fulmer; John Bralek; John Irwin; Steve Ceccato;
several readers, including Mark Evanier, also suggest new titles for the letter column
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The Day Supergirl Became an Amazon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Queen Jarta; Millie Cole; Sue Johnston
Synopsis: Linda Danvers and two of her college classmates are shipwrecked on a South Pacific island inhabited by a tribe of Amazon warriors.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1968 published March 1968
as Den dagen da Supergirl ble en amasone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: These Amazons have no apparent connection to Wonder Woman's Paradise Island.

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