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Issue: Action Comics #245
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 08/28/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (6 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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Shrinking Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul
Reprinting
FlagSuperman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 published November 2004
as The Shrinking Superman! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Shrinking Superman! [Action Comics #245 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Honor House Products Corp.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Shrinking Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul (villain); policemen; pedestrians; Justice of the Peace; clerk
Lois accidentally releases from Kandor the criminal Zak-Kul, who traps Superman in Kandor and takes over his life. Lois marries Zak-Kul thinking him Kal-El, but he tries to kill Lois because she keeps asking him Kal-El's secret id. Kal-El, trapped inside the "Krypton City," uses one of the three remaining specks of Illium-349 to shrink himself even smaller and slip between the atoms of Krypton City's jar, then uses the second speck to enlarge both himself and the third speck. Zak-Kul meanwhile futilely attempts to hide from Superman by disguising himself as a mild-mannered reporter.
Reprinting
FlagStålmannen #12/1966 published August 1966
as Förkrympt stålman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 published November 2004
as The Shrinking Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Shrinking Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: The Bottle City of Kandor #[nn] published December 2007
as The Shrinking Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
There are so real giants!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Do You Know the Legend of Superman?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
Adventure Comics
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Lost -- A Free Education!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Binky
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Interplanetary Scarecrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Tommy Tomorrow
Reprinting
FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #29 published February 1959
as The Interplanetary Scarecrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll Pop
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Vic, pick me up at eight.
Reprinting
FlagAdventure Comics #185 published February 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Metropolis Mailbag
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The illustration at the top of the letter column is taken from the splash panel of the Superman story in Action Comics #241. This illustration appears at the top of the letter columns in Action Comics #245-271 and Superman #124-145.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Casey, an emergency call just came through.
Reprinting
FlagMr. District Attorney #17 published September 1950
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Supermen of America
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
The Secret of the Super Animals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
jungle
Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Professor Peters
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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?
Subject Matter
Tootsie Roll
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
?
Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Joe Weider
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Giant Dinosaurs
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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