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Issue: Action Comics #179
Publication Date: April 1953
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Issues: #179 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: 02/25/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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
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Supermanor!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Yes, folks, here it is - - The home of Superman...
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In Content Item: FlagBuntes Allerlei #3/1954 published ?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Squadron
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Super Manor!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Miss Amanda; Miss Hepzibah
First Line: Suppose you could have Superman for a neighbor?
Synopsis: Superman is invited to pay a visit to hundreds of small communities during National Town Week. At one of these, the crowd clamors for him to come and live amongst them, but he declines, explaining how disruptive having him in close proximity would be. Nevertheless, they persist, so he chooses one spot - Mapleville. As predicted, Superman's presence causes major upheavals to all facets of rural community life, and the inhabitants ask him to leave.
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: What tree is cut during moonlight?
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Feature(s): Necco
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Superman Says: "People Are People!"

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Genres: opinion, superhero
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I Mined for Diamonds and Death!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Kuji; Joad
First Line: Don't stop digging, stranger...
Synopsis: Bill foils a diamond stealing plot.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #52 published January 1969
as I Mined For Diamonds and Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!
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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]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm tired of reading pieces ...
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Pages: 0.67
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Supermen of America

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The Secret of Adventure Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Brower; Jon Jarrel; Winden
First Line: These stage-effect monsters look almost real, Tommy!
Synopsis: Tommy and Brent are dispatched to investigate potential crimes at Adventure Moon, a theme park specializing in offering thrills and adventure, all carefully controlled so as to cause no harm. But the owner is crooked, and sends the pair of Planeteers along a trail filled with mortal dangers.
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Superman Is on Television!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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On Top of Your Head

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sequence, including art credits, from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Coining a Phrase

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Mountie for a Day

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Captain Purdee
First Line: But, Vig...You can't go after those outlaws alone!
Synopsis: In Edmonton, Canada, The Vigilante and Stuff are guests at an exhibition of skills demonstrated by members of the R.C.M.P. While a temporary honorary member of Troop 6, Vigilante helps his cohort to pursue a gang of fur thieves using hollowed out logs to float them down river.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Strange Adventures; Detective Comics
First Line: The oldest symbol in comics...
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Draw Me!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Milky Way
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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