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Issue: Superman Archives #1
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 280
ISBN: 0930289471
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $63.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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78 (30 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Color reconstruction by Bob Le Rose and Daniel Vozzo. Black and White reconstruction by Pure Imagination.

Reprints Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1-4, some of which was reprinted there from earlier sources.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy interiors
Binding: hardcover; dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected editions; was ongoing series
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Reprints Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1-4, some of which was reprinted there from earlier sources.
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Superman Archives Volume I

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Title page.
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Foreword

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Superman illustration from the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #2.
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Superman #[1]

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Back Cover

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Two-Page Origin of Superman

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Mary Kent (introduction, death); Mr. Kent (introduction, death)
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Krypton 1st named in comic book.
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Clark Kent Gets a Job

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Sims
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The Coming of Superman

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continued in next story
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And so begins the startling adventures...
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Revolution in San Monte

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Lola Cortez; Emil Norvell
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Lois given last name, Clark works for the Evening News, Cleveland Oh
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Attention all American youth!
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Superman & Action Comics Invite You to Become a Charter Member of the Supermen of America

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Supermen of America fan club application. Illustration of Superman from the back cover of Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #1.
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Scientific Explanation of Superman's Amazing Strength--!

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The Blakely Mine Disaster

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Stanislaw Kober; Thornton Blakely
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Hey Fellers!
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Ad for membership in The Supermen of America.
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Superman Plays Football

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Tommy Burke; Mary; Oliver Stanley; Coach Randall
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Acquiring Super-Strength

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Acquiring Super-Strength
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Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster
Boys and Girls: Meet the creators of the one and only Superman - America's Greatest Adventure Strip!
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Features photos and biographies of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman.
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Biff Dugan

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Sergeant Blake; Harvey Brown; Biff Dugan
Smashed desks, overturned filing cabinets,...
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"Follow the adventures of the one and only Superman in every issue of Action Comics!!

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fantasy, superhero
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House ad for Action Comics #14 (July 1939).
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Superman #2

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Be a Frontiersman

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[untitled]

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Superman the Man of Tomorrow!

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The Comeback of Larry Trent

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Larry Trent; Charlie Bennett; Jock Kane; Slugger Barnes; Tom Croy
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Superman's Tips for Super Health

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Superman at the World's Fair!

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New York World's Fair Comics
Butch the Pup; Gingersnap
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Ad for New York World's Fair Comics.
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Superman Champions Universal Peace!

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Adolphus Runyan; Bartow; Lubane
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George Taylor named for the first time.
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Supermen of America -- Action Comics

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Ad for the Supermen of America Club and all the details on how to join. Uses the ubiquitous Superman illustration from the back cover of Superman #1.
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Superman and the Skyscrapers

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Pete Asconio; Nat Grayson; Butch Grogan
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Big Mike Caputo; Sneer; Fink
Down the steps of Police Headquarters hurried 'Big Mike' Caputo,...
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Superman!

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Ad for Action Comics.
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Superman #3

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Frankie Dennis
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Boys! I'll Help You Get a Daisy for Your Birthday

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[untitled]

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Superman, America's Greatest Adventure Strip Character!

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Superman and the Runaway

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Frankie Dennis; Lyman
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24
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The Greatest Contest in Comic Magazine History!

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Announcement of a contest, open only to members of the Supermen of America club, whose details would be given in the January issue of Action Comics, on sale December 1st. These pages showed the prizes that would be offered to the winners in the contest.
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Superman and the Dam

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Lois and Superman's 1st kiss
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[untitled]

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Fantastic Facts
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Includes: 1) there is enough phosphorous in three old style kitchen matches to kill a person; 2) men once paid taxes on their beards; 3) gangster films were the reason the sales of men's caps had declined over the last ten years; 4) Humuhumunukunkuapuaa is the name given by natives to Hawaii's smallest fish; and 5) the water around an iceberg is warm.
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Death by the Stars

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Emil Brandwan; Sergeant Steve Hanley; Professor Louis Morton; Stephen Gregory; Jack Lowell; Robert Shelton
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Superman's Phony Manager

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Nick Williams
Nick Williams claims to be Superman's manager and sells the commercial rights to his name.
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Muscle-Training

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Attaining Super-Health: A Few Hints from Superman!

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Johnny; Larry
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Good Luck Charm

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Hugh Langley (signed)
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Tony Carrenzo; Lucky Malone; Rhani Kor
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Danger! Keep Away
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Superman and the Jewel Smugglers

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Lew Frawley
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8
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Superman!

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superhero
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Ad for Action Comics.
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Superman #4

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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Reproduced at quarter-size, accidentally the ad page from the inside back cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #3, instead of #4.
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3 Ways to Git a Carbine fer Christmas

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[untitled]

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Superman, America's Greatest Adventure Strip Character!

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The Challenge of Luthor

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Professor Martinson
Luthor challenges Superman to a duel, brains vs brawn.
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Yellow S in shield on cape
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[untitled]

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educational
Attaining Super Strength
Tommy Blake
Tommy Blake, because of his frail physique...
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[untitled]

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anthropomorphic
Oil Paintings for Sale
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[untitled]

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informational
From the 4 Corners
Bill Dickey; Paul Muni
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Luthor's Undersea City

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Luthor raises a sunken city from the Pacific in order to loot its treasures.
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13
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Supermen of America

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Changer of Destiny

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George Rankin
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The Economic Enemy

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Paul Dorgan; Barney Calhoun; Joe Curtis; Louie
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Superman Says

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Superman recommends good reading.
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[untitled]

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educational
Ed Barrett; Mrs. D. Beach
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Six Big Headline Features for the 'Big Six' Comic Magazines!

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Pioneer into the Unknown

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science fiction
James Rolland; Professor Greystroke; Bixby
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Terror in the Trucker's Union

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Carlson; Amy Carlson; Gus Snide; Nick; Pete
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Superman Appears in Action Comics!

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Afterword

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Back Cover

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4 small repros of the covers of the issues included in this volume.

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