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Issue: Action Comics #175
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 10/27/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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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The Five Against Superman!

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superhero
Ha! Ha! That's only one of my Super-men!
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FlagSuperman #71 published January 1953
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[untitled]

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Novelty Mart
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Inside front cover.
5 Against Superman!

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superhero
John Vinden; Thorn; Barden; Jerrow; Skeel; Professor Harrod
One of them had super-strength...
John Vinden, released from prison, gathers a gang of four thugs and gives each of them one of Superman's powers temporarily, reasoning that acting as a team they can beat the Man of Steel.
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FlagSuperman #71 published January 1953
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Miscellaneous
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Writer id by Bob Hughes
[untitled]

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childrens
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
Whoopee! This is the real wild west!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!

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opinion, superhero
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Killers' Bodyguard!

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adventure, drama, jungle
Egan; Laird
Once we get past those hungry lions, we'll be in the clear!
Bill leads a pair of escaped convicts in a circle in the jungle in order to facilitate their capture.
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[untitled]

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Now More Than Ever!

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Action Comics
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Superman Is on Television!

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The Adventures of Superman
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[untitled]

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humorous
Oh, Mom! Peggy and I are running away to get married...
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Superman's Secret Message

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Supermen of America
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The Statue from Space

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adventure, science fiction
Jon Ross; Vor Hol
From many worlds have come the strange curiosities contained in the big Interplanetary Museum...
Tommy finds a statue floating in space and brings it to his friend Jon's museum, not realizing it's actually a living creature who can telepathically control his friend's mind.
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[untitled]

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Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Operation Booby Trap

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non-fiction
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2
Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
[untitled]

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humorous
This looks like a good program...
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The Sailor on Horseback!

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adventure, superhero
Zobo the clown; Mr. Watts; John Crandel; Edith Crandel; Gaxton
Stop that sea-going cowhand! He's gone crazy!
The Vigilante goes on a sea voyage to recuperate from a wound. While at sea, the boat is hijacked by pirates and the Vigilante has to go into action. Fortunately there are horses on board...
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Writer id by Bob Hughes
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Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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[untitled]

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humorous
Someone left those signal flags there!
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[untitled]

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Daisy Air Rifles
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Inside back cover.
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Cracker Jack
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Back cover.

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