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Issue: Action Comics #284
Publication Date: January 1962
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Issues: #284 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/30/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Babe of Steel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #3 published June 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Babe of Steel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Madame Olga; Perry White; Mon-El; Supergirl; Krypto; Superboy (flashback); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Professor Vakox (intro); Jax-Ur; Dr. Xadu (flashback); three unnamed prisoners]
Synopsis: Superman uses red kryptonite to become baby-sized in order to get through a hole in the Phantom Zone that threatens to become larger.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #212 published December 1968
as The Babe of Steel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #5/1969 published January 1969
as Das stählerne Knäblein [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #3 published June 2007
as The Babe Of Steel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Hello, Sonny! Rushing to your violin lesson?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #3 published July 1949
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: 208 different world-wide stamps...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Douglas McNevin, Steve Scott, Roger Payne, E. Nelson Bridwell, Connie Deckert, Alfred Stabile, and David X. Minnow.
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Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tricksy
First Line: Now Tricksy will do a great feat.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: TVQFSHJSM XJMM QPTJUJWFMZ...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code (Code Mercury No. 1). Decoded message reads: "Supergirl will positively be revealed to the world in the next Action Comics."
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The Strange Bodies of Supergirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Krypto; Jerro; Lenora Lemaris; Lori Lemaris; Superman; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers
Synopsis: Supergirl deals with the effects of three Red Kryptonite meteors, the last of which turns her into a mermaid. She visits Atlantis, where Jerro proposes to her, but neither of them realizes that Lori's sister Lenora is also in love with Jerro.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #360 published March 1968
as Part 5: The Super-Mermaid! [Story on Interior Page(s)]4 pages only
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #2 published February 2003
as The Strange Bodies of Supergirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #2 published February 2008
as The Strange Bodies of Supergirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Action Comics #283.
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman; Adventure Comics; Superboy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Another Giant Batman Collection!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Co.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B gun
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Daisy Manufacturing Company.
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