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Issue: Action Comics #256
Publication Date: September 1959
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Issues: #256 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/30/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (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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The Superman of the Future!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Mike Gold [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Superman of the Future! [Action Comics #256 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Superman of the Future!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Wright; Dirk Folgar (a.k.a. Agent X-3, villain); U.S. President (in shadow)
Synopsis: Superman poses as the Future Superman, who has the power to predict the future, to smoke out Agent X-3 and prevent an attempt on the life of the President.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #3 published January 1961
as The Superman of the Future! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Superman Album #22 published January 1971
as The Superman of the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Superman of the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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Pages: 0.33
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Water: A Good Friend or Deadly Enemy-- Depending on You!

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Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
First Line: This new vault is ten inches thick...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #183 published August 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Janu, the Joker of the Jungle!

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Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): Percy Pierce (bratty child actor); Harold (movie director)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Janu becomes Congorilla.
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Pages: 0.5
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Pages: 1
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The Great Supergirl Mirage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl robot; Midvale Orphanage headmaster
Synopsis: Dick becomes convinced that Linda is Supergirl and tries various tricks to prove her real identity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #390 published March 1970
as The Great Supergirl Mirage! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #17 [Direct Sales] published October 1981
as The Great Supergirl Mirage! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #1 published December 2001
as The Great Supergirl Mirage! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as The Great Supergirl Mirage! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Introduction of Dick Wilson, who later returns in #282 (November 1961) as Dick Malverne.
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Pages: 0.33
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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