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Issue: Action Comics #188
Publication Date: January 1954
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Issues: #188 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: 11/25/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 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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The Spectral Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
First Line: There goes Superman - - A menace to Earth ever since he became radioactive!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #84 published August 1954
as The Spectral Superman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Home, Sweet Home!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Spectral Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Professor Wilks (introduction); Cushions Raymond (introduction, villain)
First Line: It's Superman! Run!
Synopsis: After Superman prevents a nuclear accident, his body becomes so irradiated that it kills any nearby living creature.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #84 published August 1954
as The Spectral Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Idea recycled from Action Comics #124.

Art credits from John Fallon, confirmed by the GCD's art-spotters. We formerly credited Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: Watch your step here, Butch...
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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]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Bang!" "There's a lot of birthday cake left...
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Sinbad the Killer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Sinbad (sperm whale); Shannon
First Line: Hey! Congo Bill's preventing us from harpooning that killer whale!
Synopsis: Bill explores the mystery of two adjacent lakes and the whales that inhabit them.
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Pages: 5.67
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Pages: 0.33
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Why are cups occasionally called 'mugs'?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: It was nice of Dr. Microbe...
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Pages: 1
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The Rebus of Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Findley Blaine
First Line: These strange clues! This is the most mysterious manhunt in my life!
Synopsis: Tommy discovers a smuggling operation associated with a wax museum that travels the galaxy. Included in the exhibits is a statue of himself. While hiding in the ship of the smuggling gang he manages to eject various of the objects (including his own likeness) into space. These act as a puzzle which, when solved, points to the gang's headquarters.
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman on Television! Is Super-TV

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Pages: 0.33
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Africa's Deadliest Enemy

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Three Smashing Adventures of Superman

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The Reformed Owlhoot Club!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Highwire Hanson; Pete Baker; Jes Fenton; Ben Boulder (crook)
First Line: Thunderation! It's those ex-outlaws belongin' to Vigilante's club!
Synopsis: The Vigilante organizes an informal club consisting of reformed outlaws. Local crook Ben Boulder uses film of the criminal exploits of these men to train others, who then proceed to tar the good names of the reformed men.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #227 published January 1975
as The Reformed Owlhoot Club! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): Electric Baseball
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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