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Issue: Action Comics #55
Publication Date: December 1942
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Issues: #55 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: 10/13/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: 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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
as Action Comics #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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A Goof Named Tiny Rufe

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Tiny Rufe (introduction); Maisie Day (introduction); Al Hatt (introduction); Whitney Ellsworth (cameo); Murray Boltinoff (cameo); Mort Weisinger (cameo)
Synopsis: In this parody of the famed Li'l Abner comic strip by Al Capp, cartoonist Al Hatt gets his inspiration from real hillbillies and he doesn't want them to get married.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #4 published July 2005
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Pages: 13
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Supermen of America

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Maj. Frank D. Sharp

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Supermen of the U.S. Army
Character(s): Maj. Frank D. Sharp
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I Ask You!

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Feature(s): Superman
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How Can They Do It??

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Bullets for Breakfast!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
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Energy to Overcome Obstacles!

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The Clever Chinese

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Genres: adventure
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Disclose Notes: Offers an issue of Tom Mix Commandos Comics for Ralston proofs of purchase.
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Aces of Fire

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Escape from the Scaffold!

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Genres: superhero, war
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]
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Darwin's Theory

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Synopsis: Information about stamps related to Charles Darwin's research in the Galapagos Islands.
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A Modern Robinson Crusoe!

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Matt Dunahm; Six-fingers; Mushy
Synopsis: Bill captures a gang of murderers who've taken up residence on an almost-deserted island.
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Loaded with Dynamite!

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Feature(s): Adventure Comics
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Big Prizes and Cash Profits!

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Disclose Notes: Ad soliciting salespeople for Crowell-Collier Publishing Company's magazines.
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Crimes by Coincidence

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara
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Pages: 9
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

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