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Issue: Action Comics #176
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #176 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/26/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Muscles for Money!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Please, Superman, my oil well is on fire...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Master Art Helper Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Muscles for Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Million-Dollar Marvin (villain)
First Line: Superman! Help! Save me!
Synopsis: Superman suddenly becomes obsessed with being paid for his heroic deeds, but it is a ploy to capture Million-Dollar Marvin.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Action Comics #176 is referenced in Geoffrey Wagner’s “Parade of Pleasure” (POP) in the text on page 90.

Wagner uses the story “Muscles for Money”, contained in Action Comics #176, to describe Superman’s powers
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
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Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Man-Eater of Mandalao!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Mingo (tiger)
First Line: He - - he once saved my life!
Synopsis: Bill captures a pair of ivory smugglers with the help of a once-tamed tiger.
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In Content Item: FlagCongo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy #4 published January 1955
as The Man-Eater of Mandalao! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTarzan #234 published December 1974
as The Man-Eater of Mandalao [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: If you make this jump...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: I just remembered. I've got to call Don!
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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The End of the Planeteers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Dr. Jan Morris (villain)
First Line: It's Tommy Tomorrow - - On his last mission!
Synopsis: Dr. Jan Morris claims to have invented a matter transmitter which will render the services of the Planeteers obsolete.
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman Is on Television!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.33
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Coins of Destiny

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
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Pages: 1
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The Impossible Legend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Outlaw Benton (villain); Deputy Blake; Deputy Carter; Deputy Wright
First Line: Ha. Ha...That masked law enforcer's a sittin' duck for us now!
Synopsis: Vigilante proves an old legend by capturing criminals, two while deaf, two while he could not speak and the final two when he could not see.
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #403 published August 1971
as The Impossible Legend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Now More Than Ever

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Electric Game Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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