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Issue: Action Comics #37
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #37 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/23/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (7 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; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as Action Comics #37 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Clark Kent, Police Commissioner

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Mayor Garson; Commissioner Larrimore (death); ex-Commissioner Kennedy (villain)
Synopsis: The criminal element of Metropolis is killing every Police Commissioner appointed, and Clark sees a connection between the criminal element and certain crooked politicians. But Clark is dumbfounded when it is suggested he take the job to crack down on that criminal element!
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Pages: 13
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Feature(s): Quiz
First Line: 1. How many pounds are in a barrel of flour?
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Feature(s): Starman; Adventure Comics
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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The Playboy's Gambling Ring

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan
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Feature(s): Superman
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): False Alarms
First Line: Puyallup, Wash. - An alarm sent the fire department...
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First Line: You can still enter Superman's Super-Contest...
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Oddities
First Line: More than 95 million telephone conversations...
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Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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Energy in the Pinches

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Facts..
First Line: The Rx on prescription blanks...
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The Lost City of Atlantis

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): True-isms
First Line: That'll make a fine tank!
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The Spy B-7

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Bob Daley
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In the Nick of Time

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Genres: adventure
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Hear Superman on the Radio!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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The Justice Society of America Proudly Presents All-Star No. 5!

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The Winning Team!

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Feature(s): Batman
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Joe Kent; Major Stirling; Syble Stirling; Mungo
First Line: A trading steamer on a muddy African river -
Synopsis: Bill helps a British major's daughter kidnap the commander of an enemy outpost.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Kelly always blindfolds himself...
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Feature(s): Model Airplane News
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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The Baseball Fixers

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara
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At the Top of the Field!

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Feature(s): Home Recording Co.
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Feature(s): Spencer Fireworks Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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