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Issue: Action Comics #31
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #31 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/23/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Superman has blue "S" on cape.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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In the Grip of Morpheus

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Baron Munsdorf (villain, introduction); Kolb (villain, death); un-named henchman (villain, death); Professor Hunter (villain)
Synopsis: Lois is taking a vacation to Brentville, but she and Clark are amazed to see the residents fast asleep, victims of a kindly professor's new "gas" invention. But Superman must stop Baron Munsdorf, who wants the plans for that gas, and other inventions of the professor, including the deadly sub-atomic death ray!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as In the Grip of Morpheus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as In the Grip of Morpheus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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For Superman Fans!

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Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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Here They Come Again!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.66
Disclose Notes: Above the Superman radio show ad.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: The Superman Radio Program is now heard over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes eight stations in the United States and one in the Philippine Islands (misspelled as "Phillipine") airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Below the Supermen of America column.
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The Unconscious Tip-Off

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chuckles
First Line: Darling, I'm starting a hobby...
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 0.67
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Escape from the Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]
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Pages: 4
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The Fighting Emperor!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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The Hidden City of Death

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Danny Dubb
Character(s): Danny Dubb
First Line: Danny, I'm going to the postoffice...
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Railroads - Real and Model

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Flex-i-Track
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Pages: 0.5
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The Fake-Accident Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Tex" Thomson
Character(s): Tex Thomson
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Pages: 8
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Vengeance Trail

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Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.33
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Several small ads on both pages of the text story.
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The Missing Archaeologist

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clip Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Erector
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Pages: 1
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Odd Side of War
First Line: Poison gas war is very humane!!!
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European War

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!

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Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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