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Issue: Action Comics #189
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #189 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: 12/28/1953
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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Clark Kent's New Father and Mother!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Ma and Pa Vandevier
First Line: To Ma and Pa Vandevier...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #92 published March 1955
as Clark Kent's new Father and Mother! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lucky Song Parade Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Clark Kent's New Mother and Father!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. and Mrs. John Vandevier; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jor-El; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Guy Vandevier
First Line: Our new son should be home by now --- Wonder where he is?
Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. John Vandevier lost their son while he was flying over Korea. A photograph reveals that he is almost an exact double of Clark Kent, and the couple want to adopt him. To prevent Mrs. Vandevier from dying of a broken heart he agrees, but in maintaining his meek posture he is a severe disappointment to them. Eventually, as Superman, he finds their lost son on a remote island, where his plane had been downed, and reunites them.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #92 published March 1955
as Clark Kent's New Mother and Father [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #197 published June 1967
as Clark Kent's New Mother and Father! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The story features one panel showing Jor-El and Lara placing son Kal in the rocketship as Krypton explodes around them, and a second panel showing Jonathan and Martha Kent discovering the baby in a Kansas wheat field.
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[untitled]

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Headhunters live in this part of the jungle!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Golly, this program is coming all the way from Texas...
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Pages: 0.67
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Mail-Order Hunter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Dick Hackett; Hackett Iron Works; John Hackett; Juma
First Line: Don't worry, Congo Bill, I'll protect you!
Synopsis: Bill tricks a young man into believing that big game hunting is easy in order to persuade the man to return to his father's business.
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In Content Item: FlagCongo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy #4 published January 1955
as The Mail-Order Hunter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTarzan #235 published February 1975
as The Mail-Order Hunter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hopalong Cassidy
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Pages: 1
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The Best Present of All!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
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Pages: 1
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The Forbidden World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. North; Captain Brent Wood
First Line: It's not a comet...It's Tommy Tomorrow's ship trying to reach Forbidden World!
Synopsis: Dr. North has invented a series of mechanical devices which will "rid the universe of crime forever". Tommy is assigned to test the devices in secret, in the restricted area near Forbidden World.
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Pages: 5.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The World's Most Dangerous Sport

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sequence, including art credits, submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: It seems like I've been driving for hours!
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Pages: 1
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The One-Armed Bandit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Sam Buckley, the One Armed Bandit
First Line: It - it's incredible! Outshooting our lawmen with but one arm!
Synopsis: Sam Buckley had a riding accident when younger and one of his arms was amputated. He taught himself to draw with lightning speed and shoot with deadly accuracy. Now he spreads fear as he robs and kills lawmen with impunity, but he is no match for The Vigilante.
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Pages: 7.67
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Superman on Television! Is Super-TV

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cheerful Card Company
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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