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Issue: Action Comics #48
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #48 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: 03/14/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No issue number or date in indicia. 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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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
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 #48 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
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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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. A listing of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comic Magazines and a list of those magazines and their frequencies.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Review of Young Settler by Phil Stong, pictures by Kurt Wiese. Page includes Superman's Secret Message and the indicia.
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The Adventure of the Merchant of Murder

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; The Top [Jefferson Smith] (villain, introduction); Sid Speed (villain)
Synopsis: Clark Kent crusades against The Top, an avaricious owner of a second-hand auto business who deliberately and knowingly sells cars in seriously bad condition.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as The Adventure of the Merchant of Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as The Adventure of the Merchant of Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Writer(s): ? [as Clark Kent]
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: Hello again, Members! This time I want to talk to you about Loyalty.
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Pages: 1
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Crime's Caravan!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Lash (villain)
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Pages: 12
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Action and More Action!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supeerman
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #16, including cover repro.
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World's Finest Value

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Disclose Notes: House ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #5, with cover repro.
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Genres: childrens, humorous, informational
First Line: Awful kind of ya ta let me smell ya nice fresh hair cut, Cricket!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Steven Rowe.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Pages: 0.5
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Your 5 Favorite Features "Go to Town" Again!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2, with cover repro.
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The Adventure of the Secret Submarine

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): 3 Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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The Pied Piper of Doom

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. America and Fatman
Character(s): Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; The Queen Bee (villain); Fatman [Bob Daley] (villain)
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Pages: 8
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Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): The Flying Jeeps
First Line: If you're going to photograph the Axis position...
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Pages: 2
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The Dummox

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 2
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Pages: 0.33
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Superman's Radio Show Covers the Continent!

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First Line: Wide awake merchants all over the North American Continent are presenting this outstanding radio feature for your entertainment.
Synopsis: The ad promotes 39 stations in the United States, on in Newfoundland and 26 in Canada airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. Text at the bottom encourages readers to write their local stations and ask for the show.
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Pages: 0.44
Disclose Notes: Above the Star Spangled Comics promo. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #46 but with fewer U.S. stations, and the size is much smaller.
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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 0.23
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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Lieutenant Barlow
First Line: From the halls of Montezuma...
Synopsis: Bill escapes from a Japanese outpost in the East Indies and makes his way to an American outpost on Webb Island. He then helps the marines there defend the island against a Japanese assault.
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Pages: 6
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The Case of the Maddening Music!

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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Now on Sale

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Disclose Notes: House ad for "Superman DC Publications" Batman (DC, 1940 series) #10, Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #3, Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2, All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #10, All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #4, and Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #4.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Energy to Protect Your Welfare

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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