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Issue: Action Comics #73
Publication Date: June 1944
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Issues: #73 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: 04/16/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #73 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Tops in Comics!

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The Hobby Robbers!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jonathan Spence; Jesse Martin; Lucius Spruce [the Hobby Napper]; Mooch
First Line: Okay, you kids! Hand over that immy collection!
Synopsis: Clark investigates a series of robberies involving people's hobbies and those items being held for ransom, but when it is revealed that Kent's hobby is collecting clocks, Superman must step in "in time" to save the collection.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
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Pages: 12
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Escape from Two-Way Death!

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Genres: adventure
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Molly
Character(s): Molly
First Line: I'd like to show you how to get to City Hall...
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Dirge on a Bull Fiddle!

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Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Fiddler (villain); Sailor (villain); Droop (villain); Emory Tidwell
First Line: Dolorous music wails an accompaniment to voices husky with emotion...
Synopsis: Three hungry ex-convicts are instructed to sing sad, wailing songs by The Fiddler. It is his contention that a man's most vulnerable spot is his sentimentality. Emory Tidwell, spying Stuff all mussed up from a scrap with some kids, gives him fifty dollars to buy new clothes and food. Stuff tries to explain, but hears a mournful vocalizing, so he goes over to donate the fifty dollars to the singers, only to find The Fiddler and his gang about to put a plan into operation.
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First Line: Stick around fellas...
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Growler and Prowler

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Genres: crime, humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey
Character(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey
First Line: Bah! Not even traffic lights!
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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Renegade Roundup!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Edith Dawson; Blackjack Bates; Tom Green
First Line: The Canadian Northwest - Romantic last frontier of North America...
Synopsis: In the Canadian northwest Bill confronts a bandit who hopes to profit by stirring up trouble between First Nations and white settlers
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Look, Butch - There's no use arguin'!
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A Good Sign

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Genres: adventure
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The Return of Dr. Ito

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Genres: war
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Dr. Ito (villain)
First Line: Once again that terrible master of assassination, Dr. Ito...
Synopsis: In Tokyo, Americommando is disguised as the Nazi Doctor Brand. Dr. Ito thinks he has met him before and sets a trap. But Americommando arranges to be in two places at the same time.
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Genres: opinion
First Line: We have friends in America...
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Yours Free!

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Our Friends in War, Work & Service

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Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
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Rocks of Riches!

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Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Professor Paul Pillner
First Line: What weird wonders lie deep-hidden in temples and tombs of the mysterious past?
Synopsis: Professor Paul Pillner claims to be an authority on deciphering texts on ancient monuments. He has apparently found any number of treasure hoards by this means, but Zatara is suspicious and reveals Pillner to be a notorious fence of stolen goods.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: You're violating the blackout, Sergeant!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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