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Issue: Action Comics #461
Publication Date: July 1976
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Issues: #461 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/29/1976
Volume: 39
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041007
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comics Reader #129.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Superman is the pits--
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2326
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Cornered Clown

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Kill Me -- or Leave Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Karb-Brak
Synopsis: Karb-Brak makes everyone think Clark Kent is awesome so that they will surround him. This gives Karb-Brak an advantage in his battle with Superman (who he knows is Clark) as there will be innocent bystanders around during their fight. Superman beats Karb-Brak, but Karb-Brak reveals his secret - that he is dying from exposure to Superman!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #5 [unnamed variant] published January 1977
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #5/1980 published January 1980
as Supermann du blir min død! [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1 removed
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-2276
Disclose Notes: Wiacek and Austin inked backgrounds for Blaisdell as revealed in the letters page of Action Comics # 465.
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Justice for All Includes Children, 5

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Amazing Exploits of Perry White: The Toughest Newsboy in Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): the White children and grandchildren
Synopsis: Perry White relates an adventure he had when he was a young boy.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #25/1976 published December 1976
as Der Zeitungsjunge mit Mumm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Daily Planet #[nn] published May 2006
as The Toughest Newsboy In Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2302
Disclose Notes: Elliot S! Maggin was not listed in the credits of the story since he had his name removed after a disagreement with the editor Julius Schwartz as documented in "Comic Book Legends Revealed #262" here: https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-262/.

Wiacek and Austin inked backgrounds for Blaisdell as revealed in the letters page of Action Comics # 465.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2319

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