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Issue: Action Comics #199
Publication Date: December 1954
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Issues: #199 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: 10/26/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (4 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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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The Phantom Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; duplicate Superman
First Line: Great Scott! An exact duplicate of myself...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Phantom Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; duplicate Superman; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
First Line: It's no use! Our bullets bounce off him!
Synopsis: Luthor creates a duplicate of Superman composed of duplicate atoms. Luthor then sends the duplicate to cause disasters and help criminals. Superman discovers the duplicate is not a robot and realizes that Luthor must be behind its creation. After battling the duplicate until its power runs out, Superman trails the energy source back to Luthor and destroys the machine responsible for the creation of the duplicate.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #11 published April 1957
as The Phantom Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Say, you can't smoke here!
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #262 published July 1959
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Interplanetary Bank!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Mr. Mason
First Line: Are you sure my atomic money is safe here from bandits?
Synopsis: Tommy is assigned to go undercover at the Interplanetary Bank, where gold is mysteriously disappearing.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Binder's records indicate he wrote another Tommy Tomorrow story in 1954 but was unsure what issue it appeared in. This could be a re-titled script (Binder lists the story as "Living Money"). Info per Nick Caputo, culled from Bill Schelly's book Otto Binder The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary.

Keith Chandler: Binder's title exactly describes the culprit of the plot here.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Here is the trick which has amazed visitors...
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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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Pages: 0.5
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Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death on the Highway

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: An article about some of the safety precautions used on highways.
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Pages: 2
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School for Hunters!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Gaston Greene; Taylor; Janu the Jungle Boy
First Line: Oh - oh - - I think I'll have to stop teaching you how to avoid big game perils and start showing you!
Synopsis: One of the students at Bill's big game hunting school is out to murder another student.
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In Content Item: FlagTarzan #233 published October 1974
as School for Hunters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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