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Issue: Action Comics #74
Publication Date: July 1944
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Issues: #74 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: 05/16/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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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The Courtship of Adelbert Dribble

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Bertha Bigge
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #74 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Tops in Comics!

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Courtship of Adelbert Dribble!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Adelbert Dribble; Bertha Bigge; Turtle Baxter
First Line: "All's fair in love and war"
Synopsis: Adelbert Dribble traps Superman in order to pose as him and win the affections of his one and true love...but he gets more than he bargained for!
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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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Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Order 'The Flash' another carton of Wheaties.
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Wheels of Jeopardy!

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Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Jerry Goshen; Ted Goshen; Fonzi (crook); Bartier the jeweler
First Line: In the stirring saga of a hazardous profession...
Synopsis: Jerry Goshen is an ace motorcycle racer. He and The Vigilante compete in a race, and Goshen is knocked off his cycle. Goshen goes to a loan shark, Fonzi, to borrow a grand, but is refused, and becomes a thief to pay for his son's leg operation. He later brings the gang to justice and returns to the straight and narrow.
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Carnage at the Carnival

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Genres: crime, humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey
Character(s): Super-Sleuth McFooey
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Poacher's Paradise!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Killer Krake
First Line: Congo Bill, far-roving terror of thieves and traitors...
Synopsis: Bill is in the South Pacific, charting islands for the government. He subsequently captures a group of pearl poachers who have their own floating, motor-powered island.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sugarpuss
Character(s): Sugar Puss
First Line: Gee - Whiskers! There must be somethin' we can do to help!
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Flight into Freedom!

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Americommando
Character(s): Americommando [Tex Thomson aka Dr. Brand]; Dr. Ito (villain)
First Line: That sinister master of treachery and assassination - - Dr. Ito...
Synopsis: In Tokyo harbor Americommando sabotages a Japanese warship. In his disguise as Nazi officer Dr. Brand, he receives a visit from Dr. Ito. Brand is invited to join Ito in a bombing run to America, tied to one of the bombs! He escapes his bonds, drops the bombs harmlessly in the ocean and flies on the the west coast of America.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Trouble Waters

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Lions' Den!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Zoo Director Harker; Boss Bannon (crook); Trigger Toomey (crook)
First Line: What happens when the snarling monarchs of fang and claw...
Synopsis: Speaking with Harker, director of the city's new zoo, he learns that six criminals have committed suicide by jumping into the lion's enclosure. At that very moment, Boss Bannon eludes the policemen giving chase by doing just that. He runs up to the lions and seconds later only his jacket is visible. Zatara goes into the pit and finds a trapdoor cut into the rock leading down to a chamber where the apparent suicides are gathered. The scheme of Harker is exposed, and all are carted off to jail.
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Feature(s): Mathematics Made Simple
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Say, Red, do you suppose this is what the military...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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