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Issue: Action Comics #50
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #50 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: 05/16/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (10 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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Writer(s): ?
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 #50 [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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Against the Jungle

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Review of Against the Jungle by Thames Williamson. Page includes Superman's Secret Message and the indicia.
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The Professional Baseball Player

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Stan Doborak (introduction); Mike Caputo (villain); Mabel Dawson (villain)
Synopsis: Clark and Lois are on the way to Florida to check out the status of the Metropolis baseball club, when they accidentally miss the train in a small town. Waiting for the next one, they spy a young man who has great prowess at pitching...a guy who wishes he could play for a professional club. Superman helps that small town boy become a professional baseball player.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #3 published October 2001
as The Professional Baseball Player [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #9 published August 2011
as Play Ball! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Ed Dobrotka is not credited in the Archive edition, "pullman window" joke on page 7 is a direct reference to Jerry Siegel's appearance on Fred Allen's radio program.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: Hello again, Members! Guns are thundering ceaselessly in the great Battle for the Pacific...
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Pages: 1
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Major Thomas H. J. Trapnell

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Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Major H. J. Trapnell
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: But if I act polite, all the kids will think they can beat me!
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: Hey, Ma!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #17, include a partial repro of the cover.
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The Man Who Came Back!

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Pages: 1
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The Island Where Time Stood Still!

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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fatman [Bob Daley]
First Line: Mr. America -- Symbol of freedom and democracy...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Artist signature in final panel.
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Sky Challenge

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rollin Stone
First Line: Let's go! You're th' dummy!
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Pages: 0.5
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In a Class by Itself!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1940 series) #6, with small cover repro.
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The Man of a Thousand Lives!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Headley
Synopsis: Bill works against a German espionage team working to send Arabs on a jihad against the British.
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
Character(s): Silly Willy
First Line: Hmm, look at all those tattooed names...
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Pages: 0.5
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Pages: 0.23
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Ugh-ugh! (Meaning - Oh-boy!)
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Pages: 0.44
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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
First Line: Say, cousin...The Newsboy Legion with the Guardian cook with gas...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #10, with partial cover repro.
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The Case of the Man Who Could Not Die!!

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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad featuring cover repros from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #11, Green Lantern (DC, 1941 series) #3, Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #2, All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #11, and All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #4.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Tootsie Roll of Honor

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

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