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Issue: Action Comics #187
Publication Date: December 1953
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Issues: #187 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: 10/28/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (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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Superman's New Super-Powers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Hey! Kryptonite is supposed to make Superman weak...
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Pages: 1
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman's New Super Powers!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Ace Larner (villain)
First Line: I - - I don't understand! The Kryptonite bounced off him!
Synopsis: Superman suddenly discovers that he has gained telepathic powers. A gang of crooks have stored a chunk of Kryptonite in a cave sealed with a leaden door, which prevents Superman using his X-Ray vision. The gang overpower him and threaten to set off a bomb in Metropolis if Superman does not convince the authorities to pay him a one million dollar ransom.
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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Binky Says: "Know Your Community!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
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Pages: 1
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The Plot to Capture the Crown!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Sir Gelwyn; Sir Arnalt; Prince Harold; Gallo Halevy; Florez
First Line: You must stop the Black Knight, Congo Bill...You must!
Synopsis: Bill secretly enters a joust in order to secure Prince Harold's crown against plots by the prime minister.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #7 published January 1956
as The Plot to Capture the Crown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Feature(s): Scripto
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: He's the first snake charmer we've seen in India...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Can I do something for you, sonny?
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Gifts from Space!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Dar Hal
First Line: Don't go into that alien ship!
Synopsis: A strange unmanned spaceship lands on Earth. Tommy enters and discovers a wealth of technology which is removed and tested by scientists. The ship then takes off, but a few days later returns, and this time a number of men board her, only to be overcome with gas and kidnapped into space.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Match Cover Mania

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Disclose Notes: Sequence, and art credits, submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Three Smashing Adventures

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Feature(s): Batman
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The Man Who Killed Vigilante!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Ben Whitaker; Eddie Meegan (crook); Bratton (crook)
First Line: Ha, ha...I gunned down Vigilante!
Synopsis: The outlaw Eddie Meegan is threatened with death unless he shoots and kills The Vigilante.
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In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #2/1966 published May 1966
as Mannen som skjøt Vigilante [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Science-Fiction Book Club
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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