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Issue: Action Comics #314
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 05/28/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superboy #114 and 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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The Day Superman Became the Flash!

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Superman
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Best Values Co.
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Inside front cover.
The Day Superman Became the Flash!

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Superman; Justice League of America [Green Arrow; The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Aquaman; Batman]; Topo; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Zhan-Zar (flashback)
Aquaman discovers and delivers to Supermen a video recording of Jor-El that tells about several computer predictions he once commissioned to help him choose where to send his son's rocket after the destruction of Krypton. Superman watches it with his Justice League friends and learns that on each of the other possible worlds where his father might have sent him, be becomes a hero just like one of the other Leaguers.
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FlagThe Best of DC #8 [Direct Sales] published November 1980
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L. C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms
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Letters submitted by Arthur L. Axelbank, Mark Pickens, Ronnie Richie, Bruce Miller, David Hartley, Duane Jepsen, and Steve Myers.

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Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Tootsie Roll
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anthropomorphic
Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios
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humorous
This is my first day out as a rookie...
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
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Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Supergirl's Tragic Ordeal!

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Supergirl (origin retold); Zor-El; Allura; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Comet the Super-Horse (flashback); Supergirl robots; Supergirl Emergency Squad; Dar-Lin; Dick Malverne (cameo); Lena Thorul (cameo)
Now living in Kandor, Supergirl's mother Allura suffers a health crisis because she misses Kara so deeply. Supergirl's adopted parents Fred and Edna Danvers agree to trade places with Zor-El and Allura -- they will live permanently in Kandor so that the Kryptonian family can be reunited on Earth.
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FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #2 published February 2008
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Tootsie Roll Pop
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9th Giant Superman Annual

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This is a house ad for Superman Annual #9; however, the comic was actually published as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #1.
The Whole Batman Family!

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house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #7
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Palisades Amusement Park
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100 Magnets
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American Body Building Club
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Inside back cover.
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Aurora; Superman
Boys and Girls! Now you can get the Superman plastic hobby kit...
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back cover

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