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Issue: Action Comics #40
Publication Date: September 1941
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Issues: #40 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: 07/18/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (10 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
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Cover, Front
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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 #3 published October 2001
as Action Comics #40 [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): Johnson Smith & Company
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The Billionaire's Daughter

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Nancy Thorgeson; Morgan Thorgeson; Parello (villain)
First Line: Answering a summons for help, the mighty Man of Tomorrow finds his hands more than full...
Synopsis: A millionaire agrees to pay $100,000 to charity if Superman helps to straighten out his wayward daughter who spends money as if it were water as various gambling establishments. Only when an emergency arises does the girl see herself in a different vein.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as The Reformation of Nancy Thorgeson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
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The Summer Job

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Don Alvera
First Line: Although Pep Morgan is a famous athletic star during the...
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Bob; Superman
First Line: What's the matter with Bob?
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Pages: 0.5
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Strange! Unusual!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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The Death of Avilla

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Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie; Captain Don De Avilla (villain)
First Line: Synopsis: Captain Don De Avilla to trap the Black Pirate...
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Pages: 4
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Smoky by Will James

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Books Worth Reading
First Line: Any boy who loves horses will...
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Pages: 0.5
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Hear Superman on the Radio!

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First Line: Listen to the thrilling adventures of the Man of Steel over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 31 stations in the United States airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. It also mentions there are 25 stations in Canada sponsored by Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd.
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Disclose Notes: Below the Books Worth Reading article. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #37 but with additional U.S. stations.
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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Pvt. Pete
First Line: Ta-ta-ra ra-ta" "Shake it up, men!
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In the Bering Straits

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
First Line: Far to the north, in the land of the polar bear, seal and...
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Middy the Marine
Character(s): Middy
First Line: This ship must be cleaned!
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Pages: 2
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The Purple Gang

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Bob Daley; The Purple Gang (villains)
First Line: Serena, a small town in the midst of fertile valleys, peaceful...
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Pages: 8
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Syncro Announces the New Hobby Saw

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Syncro Devices, Inc.
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Pages: 0.33
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Birds of a Feather

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tom Barry; Mrs. Trevelyan
First Line: Private detective Tom Barry cast an anxious eye...
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Pages: 1
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Looking for Excitement?

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Yank and Doodle; Prize Comics
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Pages: 0.22
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.45
Disclose Notes: Several small ads on the second page of the text story.
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The Adventure of the Prehistoric Valley!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Joe Kent; Doctor Hanlen; Sheila Hanlen
First Line: Africa - forbidding land of the unexpected.
Synopsis: Bill discovers a lost valley of prehistoric creatures and rescues a young woman who had been marooned there.
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Pages: 6
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This Is a Preview of the Star-Spangled Kid

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Star-Spangled Kid
Character(s): Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid; Superman; Jerry Siegel (photograph)
First Line: C'mon, Stripesy!
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: With a picture of Jerry Siegel.
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The Duped Daughter

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Genres: adventure, occult, superhero
Character(s): Zatara; Walter Grew; Ann Grew; Jim; Hank; Bucky Moor
First Line: As Zatara is watching some workmen demolish a building...
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Pages: 9
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Action! Thrills! Adventure!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Take a Tip from a Navy Torpedo

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): United States Rubber Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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