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Issue: Action Comics #35
Publication Date: April 1941
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Issues: #35 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: 02/21/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $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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Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #35 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring in Superman: The Action Archives Volume 2.
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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The Guybart Gold Mine

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Benjamin Sims; Emily Sims; Brock Walters (villain)
Synopsis: Lois Lane decides to help an elderly couple, Benjamin and Emily Sims, who have fallen on hard times and are mulling an offer to sell some Guybart gold mine stock. Lois finds out that the stock is worthless and investigates why someone would want to buy it. Lois is suddenly beset by attempts to steal the stock from her possession, and Superman must protect her while she investigates further.
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Feature(s): It's So!
First Line: A limey, eh?
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What!?!

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The Kidnapped Girl

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26 Million Cows

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Feature(s): Curios
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
First Line: For thrills and adventure...
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Fire on Board

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Lu Chan (villain)
Synopsis: Lu Chan and his cutthroats retreat to Valor's ship, while the pirates end up trapped on a burning Chinese junk, with Jon Valor trapped in the hold. The pirates struggle to free him. They save the hull of the junk and work out a plan to retake Valor's ship.
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Feature(s): True!
First Line: I wish I was in some other state!
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World's Best Value!

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Feature(s): World's Best Comics
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dinky
Character(s): Dinky
First Line: Hmm...What a size animal that was!
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The South American Indians

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Feature(s): Travel Talk..
First Line: In Japan the better hotels...
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The Spider

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Spider (villain)
Synopsis: The Spider blows up manhole covers on a street crowded with new recruits for a defense program. Tex Thomson investigates as Mr. America, trying to find out the true identity of the Spider. When the saboteurs capture Mr. America, Bob Daley is left to save the day.
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Forty Minutes to Go

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Genres: adventure
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Superman Is on the Radio

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Synopsis: The ad promotes 14 stations in the United States and 27 in Canada airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors.
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The Panama Canal

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Adder (villain); Wu Fang (villain); Pedro (villain); Cap (villain)
Synopsis: Clip Carson has been assisting U.S. authorities in the Panama Canal Zone. Fishing on his day off, he finds the body of a native with a snake mark on his chin and a map of the locks. The evil Adder intentionally wrecks Clip's boat and brings them aboard.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Feature(s): Book Review
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Feature(s): Star Man; Adventure Comics
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Feature(s): The Black Owl; Prize Comics
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The Inheritance

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Bill Bowers; Pawnshop Pete (villain)
Synopsis: A sharper cons young Bill out of his watch and ring, and Zatara helps him track the man down. They discover that the ring has some special value. At the pawnshop of Pawnshop Pete, they encounter the Tigress, who tells them that Pete wants to replace young Bill to secure a million dollar inheritance. Zatara leaves Bill with the Tigress, but she quickly double-crosses him. Now Zatara must deal with two fiends.
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I Don't Want Any Trouble with My Dad!

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Prizes for All!

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There's Power for You!

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