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Issue: Action Comics #182
Publication Date: July 1953
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Issues: #182 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: 05/27/1953
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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The Return of Planet Krypton!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: I - - I thought my native planet, Krypton, was destroyed, but here it is...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover.
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The Return of Planet Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
First Line: This is Krypton - my home planet!
Synopsis: Superman discovers a planet that is almost exactly like Krypton. It's inhabitants claim to be the last Kryptonians and want to invade the Earth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: It's stopped snowing at last!
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Sorry, we're all out of Popsy cereal!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Quiz Game of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Droga
First Line: One of those doors leads to the prize...
Synopsis: A quiz program sends Bill to a game reserve that is supposed to be populated with tame animals.
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Pages: 5.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman DC National Comics
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes illustration of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Victory by Reflection

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Major Mars; Popsicle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Top half of ad in sequential art form.
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The Line of Stars

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman DC National Comics
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Pages: 1
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The Jinx Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Chance (villain); John Burton
First Line: There goes Tommy Tomorrow to challenge the jinx of Asteroid 13!
Synopsis: Superstitious beliefs have persisted into the 21st century, and after Tommy names a previously unknown body Asteroid 13 a whole system of irrational beliefs grow up around it. Tommy discovers that the crooked gambler, Chance, had faked his own death and was hiding out there until he was able to escape with his illegal haul.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #24 published April 1957
as The Jinx Planet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Formerly credited to Otto Binder, but not in Binder's records as printed in Alter Ego 147.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Scanning the Sea Monsters

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (header)
Inker(s): ? (header)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): A Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In sequential art form.
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The Amazing Crimes of the Lariat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Lariat (villain)
First Line: So the price on The Lariat has gone up, eh?
Synopsis: The Vigilante squares off against a robber who wears no guns but uses only expertly manipulated ropes to overcome his enemies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Superman's Secret Message and coupon to join.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Beach Ball
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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