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Issue: Action Comics #412
Publication Date: May 1972
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Issues: #412 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/30/1972
Volume: 35
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #82.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Secret of the First Metropolis

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Josdin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1340
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Secret of the First Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Josdin (villain); Jessica Sloan
Synopsis: A strangely advanced man is rescued in the subway by Superman, who returns him 60 million years into the past.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #11/1972 published November 1972
as Det første Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #105 published January 1973
as Secret of the First Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSerie-pocket #30 published January 1978
as Kjempeøglene [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagSeriepocket #68 published January 1978
as Metropolis djävulsväktare; Djävulsväktarna i Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #2 published January 1980
as …Metropolis vor Millionen Jahren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: B 2035
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The Menace of the Sky-Scorchers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Paul Stewart; Tracy; Hermie
Synopsis: Superman discovers that something is causing satellites to fall from the sky.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #20/1972 published September 1972
as Feuerbälle aus dem All [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #9/1973 published September 1973
as Brannfaklene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #2 published January 1980
as Himmels-Fackeln [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1305
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The Superman Legend

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-1257
Disclose Notes: Features the origin of Superman and additional facts; a blue-lined image of Superman is behind the text on the first page, and a full-color Superman symbol rests at the bottom of the second page.
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Duel of the Divided Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Eclipso; Bruce Gordon; Pofessor Bennett; Mona Bennett; Doctor Karko; Colonel Gray
Synopsis: Bruce Gordon and Profesor Bennett go into orbit in an experimental space capsule. When it looks like Eclipso could take over Gordon permanently, Gordon tries to sacrifice himself.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #62 published September 1963
was Duel of the Divided Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1337

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