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Issue: Action Comics [ashcan] #1
Publication Date: December 1937
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Merwil Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/01/1937
Volume:
Pages: 12
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Ashcan edition. Printed up only to secure copyright of a title with the U.S. copyright and trademark office.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: white thick stock paper cover; newsprint interior
Binding: stapled; hand-trimmed
Publishing Format: ashcan
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover was originally intended for Detective Comics (1937) #2, but never used.
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[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Streets of Chinatown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Rita Carlisle; Fui Onyui (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Streets of Chinatown [Story on Interior Page(s)]Remaindered pages, using only two wraps, or four pages of the comic story inside the ashcan.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The River Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cyril "Speed" Saunders; Mr. Moran; Cap'n Scum (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The River Patrol [Story on Interior Page(s)]Remaindered pages, using only two wraps, or four pages of the comic story inside the ashcan.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to E.C. Stoner, based on information Jerry Bails received from Stoner's widow. Ken Quattro in his book Invisible Men, (IDW 2020) however cites earlier interviews with Stoner himself wherein he states that his first comics work was for the Chesler shop in 1939. Quattro credits this story to Creig Flessel, reversing his previous opinion from Alter Ego #118 (July 2013).
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[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Inside back and back covers.

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