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Issue: Action Comics #196
Publication Date: September 1954
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Issues: #196 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: 07/28/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (5 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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The Adventures of Mental-Man!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mental-Man
First Line: Sure he has greater powers than I have, Lois...
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"

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Genres: opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
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The Adventures of Mental-Man!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Mental-Man, the Eighth Wonder]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Al Fallon
First Line: He knows the secret of mind over matter!
Synopsis: One of the Daily Planet's staff artists, Al Fallon, comes up with a daily comic strip which features the amazing Mental-Man, the Eighth Wonder. When a gang of crooks force Fallon to admit there really is a Mental-Man, they get the hero to use his powers to their advantage. But the whole scenario is a ploy by Superman to capture the ringleader of the gang.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #1 published September 1979
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
First Line: There's nothing I like better than a parade!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for polio research.
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The Jungle Circus!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Bombo (elephant); Jasper Troy [Dick Beeding]
First Line: I guess the circus has gotten into his blood.
Synopsis: Janu leads Bill into believing that he wants to join a circus while he secretly uncovers a diamond thief.
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Feature(s): Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: I like working in an office...
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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The World Series of Tomorrow!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
First Line: He hit the ball clear off Mars!
Synopsis: Alien races on a number of planets want to learn to play baseball, Earth-style, and Tommy is assigned to mediate as they find their sporting legs.
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Three Exciting New Adventures

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It's in the Bag

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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game
First Line: You'll find this in any tree!
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Vigilante -- Foreign Correspondent!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Bill Turner
First Line: Across the Atlantic goes Greg Sanders, the Prairie Troubadour...
Synopsis: Greg is performing on a ocean liner en route to a tour of Europe, where he is very popular. While staying in Paris, he and Stuff hear gunshots and Greg dons the Vigilante costume to investigate. The victim is international correspondent Bill Turner, who has been attacked for his portable radio.
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Feature(s): Colonial Studios, Inc.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in he Movies!

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Feature(s): Fineline
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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