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Issue: Action Comics #193
Publication Date: June 1954
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Issues: #193 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: 04/28/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Beware of Superman! Everything he touches turns to gold!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Golden Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Beetles (crook)
First Line: Don't - - Don't come near me, Superman!
Synopsis: Diving deep into a reactivated volcano, Superman uses an enormous chunk of gold to plug the vent. He emerges with his hands covered in gold dust, which he chips off, but they release rays which turn anything he touches into gold.
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Pages: 12
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Wait a minute. I'll see if I can go!
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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No Guns for Congo Bill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Captain Nura; Janu the Jungle Boy
First Line: Janu, I'll teach you that we can get along without a rifle in the jungle!
Synopsis: Bill and Janu trick a couple of Bill's enemies into thinking that Bill is going into the jungle unarmed.
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Pages: 5.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: Let's go see the lions and tigers now...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game
First Line: It's good for what ails you!
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Pages: 1
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The Living Toys!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Carol Vair; Dr. Martin Vair
First Line: A child has great fun banging his toys around...
Synopsis: Dr. Vair's experiments with breaking through the inter-dimensional barrier results in Tommy, Brent, Vair and his daughter landing on a world of giants, and themselves considered toys to be played with by children.
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Pages: 5.67
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Three Exciting New Adventures

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Pages: 0.33
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Train Wrecks Made to Order

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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Electrical Repairs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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The Broadway Posse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Arthur Mills; Jep; Hank; Lonesome Joe; Kid Billy; Harry Ames; Pete Barry
First Line: They were six men of the West...
Synopsis: Six old timers of the West, now living in the big city, band together to bring the criminal Harry Ames to justice, but it turns out that one of them, Arthur Mills, is the local crime boss.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #3 published January 1956
as The Broadway Posse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #228 published March 1975
as The Broadway Posse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBumper Western Comic #66 published April 1976
as The Broadway Posse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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First Line: Step right up folks...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Underseas Treasure

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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