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Issue: Action Comics #3
Publication Date: August 1938
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Issues: #3 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/25/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published April 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAction Funnies [ashcan] #[nn] published January 1937
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]with new logo and trade dress
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Big Shots of the Comic Field!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): More Fun Comics; New Adventure Comics; Detective Comics
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Blakely Mine Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (not named); Stanislaw Kober; Thornton Blakely (villain)
First Line: A creaking of timber - an ominous rumble - and then, with a terrific crash...
Synopsis: After Superman saves a group of miners from a cave-in, Clark Kent senses a story that may mean that the mine's owner, Thornton Blakely, is actually running unsafe mine operations and blaming accidents on the miners themselves.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #[1] published January 1939
as The Blakely Mine Disaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published April 2006
as The Blakely Mine Disaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as The Blakely Mine Disaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: Superman appears in only one panel in this story. Wears blue boots.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Hey fellers!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #[1] published January 1939
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]modified
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published April 2006
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Ad for the cartoon contest detailed on the inside back cover.
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Murder at the Blue Bird Dance Palace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter
Character(s): Scoop Scanlon; Rusty James; Butch
First Line: Hey Scoop!
Synopsis: Scoop investigates an apparent murder at a dance hall.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This feature is printed in black and white.
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Wins a Doubleheader

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Blackie; Davis
First Line: Pep Morgan sits reading in his room the night before the $10,000 Speedway Auto Race in which he...
Synopsis: Pep attempts to win race car prize, despite dirty tricks from his opponents.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Shifty Simpson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shifty Simpson
First Line: There's Shifty!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Marco Polo; Nicolo Polo; Niku; Uncle Maffeo
First Line: Polo's party encamps for the night...
Synopsis: Marco saves a guide from an attacking tiger. Upon reaching the flats of Iran, they release their mountain captives. A giant desert storm descends on their caravan.
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Pages: 4
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Sports at Sea

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ted Farrell; Captain Blake
First Line: The Harbor City, fifteen days out of Philadelphia and with the trade winds behind, slogged eastward.
Synopsis: A giant storm pushes a freighter onto the rocks of the English coast. Ted summons his baseball skills to save the crew.
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Pages: 2
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The Sealed City, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Gorrah (fake); Daroka; Scharem; Hawntem; Gorrah (real)
Synopsis: Tex and Bob discover the real Gorrah of the Sealed City and help him overthrow the one-eyed imposter who tried to kill them all.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): "Chuck" Dawson
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; Trigger Holt; Butch; Sheriff; John Burwell; Steve
First Line: After Chuck's encounter with Notch...
Synopsis: After Chuck escapes from Trigger and Butch, the Sheriff posts a $500 reward for his capture for murder.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This feature is printed in black and white.

Story continues from previous issue and continues in next.
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Death from the Air

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Zatara, Master Magician
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Tong; Tigress
First Line: Zatara, I'm glad to welcome you.
Synopsis: Zatara foils the latest scheme of the Tigress where she uses airplanes to kill weathy men and then collects on their will.
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Feature(s): Here and There
First Line: I wasn't speeding, was I, Uncle Henry?!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six unrelated gag panels.
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$25 in Cash Prizes Waiting to Be Won by You!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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