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Issue: Action Comics #45
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #45 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (8 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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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 #45 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #66 published July 2007
as [untitled] [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): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
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Superman's Ark

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Charles; Mr. Morgan; Count von Henzel (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Always quick to aid anyone in need, Superman finds someone in...
Synopsis: When Clark and Lois visit the Metropolis Zoo on their day off, they discover the place is virtually deserted. So Superman takes a hand, capturing a variety of new animals, but encountering a foe that nearly destroys the Man of Tomorrow.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as Superman's Ark [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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Genres: sports
Feature(s): "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
First Line: Gosh! I'm so strong sometimes I scare myself!
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The Head!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid (introduction, confidant, sidekick); The Head (villain)
First Line: "East is east -- and west is west -- and never the twain shall meet!" -- so goes an old saying.
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Pages: 13
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: The wife gave it to me for a birthday present!
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Wow and Double Wow!

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Feature(s): Leading Comics
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The City with the Golden Domes

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
First Line: All California knows of the strange city with the golden domes that...
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Pages: 6
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Long Wharf: A Story of Young San Francisco

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Feature(s): Books Worth Reading
First Line: There was gold to be found in the California hills, and the crew of...
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The Thunderbolt

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]
First Line: Hi, readers!
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Pages: 8
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey
First Line: That whistle sounds like another policeman...
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The "Big Seven" Is Now the "Big Eight"!

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Feature(s): Sensation Comics
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Bird in the Hand

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sandy MacTavish; Dad MacTavish; Mother MacTavish
First Line: A happy smile lighted Sandy MacTavish's young face as...
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Dr. Standish; Ann Standish; Dick Baldwin; Tony
First Line: Congo Bill is in Syria...
Synopsis: Bill and his companions find a Crusader castle that is inhabited by treasure hunters.
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Feature(s): Superman
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Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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The Cobra

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara; the Cobra (villain); Sandra Norris; J. Hamilton Sears
First Line: In the gloom of late evening, three men...
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Pages: 9
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Now on Sale

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Energy to Move a Mountain

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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