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Issue: Action Comics #36
Publication Date: May 1941
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Issues: #36 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: 03/21/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from contest in Superman #10 and 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #36 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Enemy Invasion

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Ted Allen (villain); Stuart Pemberton (villain)
Synopsis: The Volunteers for Peace try to stir up anti-rearmament talk among their members, hoping they will help sabotage strategic centers in the U.S. thereby paving the way for an invasion by a "Nation X". But Superman intervenes, stopping that invasion and saving Lois' life in the process!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Fifth Columnists [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Money for You!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Fur Thieves

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan
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Pages: 6
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Fish Without Eyes

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Facts..
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
First Line: For thrills and adventure...
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Pages: 0.5
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Return to Spain

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Genres: historical
Feature(s): Black Pirate
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]
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Pages: 4
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Genres: humorous, non-fiction
Feature(s): Curios
First Line: Schoolboy, eh?
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Pages: 0.5
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Win This Car!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Junior Auto Club
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cartoon Candid Camera
First Line: Daddy - If I bring the fellows in...
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Black Owl; Prize Comics
Character(s): The Black Owl (spot illo)
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The Mountain of Gold

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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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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Blackmail

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]
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Pages: 8
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Tale of a Mule

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.5
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Superman Is on the Radio

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: The ad promotes 17 stations in the United States and 27 in Canada airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors.
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Disclose Notes: This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Superman #10 but with additional U.S. stations and a return of the regular "Superman holding microphone" artwork.
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Genres: humorous, non-fiction
Feature(s): Curios
First Line: Salesmen are often called 'drummers'...
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Star Man; Adventure Comics
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The Central American General

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clip Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jest Jokin'
First Line: I got so many girls, I gotta put on more weight...
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Feature(s): Spencer Fireworks Co.
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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The Dude Ranch Kidnappers

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Facts
First Line: The white of the egg...
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Private!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Superman
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Loads of Energy

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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