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Issue: Action Comics #76
Publication Date: September 1944
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Issues: #76 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: 07/11/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Printed in U.S.A.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 636944.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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 #76 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board Superman DC Comic Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Listing of members of the Editorial Advisory Board and DC comic titles. Page includes indicia.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: For spine-tingling action...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promotional advertisement for comics with the DC logo. Shows black and white vignettes of covers dated September 1944 for Detective Comics #91, Action Comics #76, and Star Spangled Comics #36. Also shows humor comics cover dated Summer 1944 for Funny Stuff #1, Mutt and Jeff #14, and All Funny Comics #3.
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A Voyage to Destiny!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Fred Carson; Black Patch
First Line: All ashore that's going ashore!
Synopsis: Young Fred Carson is told on his father's death bed that he will inherit his father's fortune IF he will take that ship and follow the same course his father had before him that earned him all those riches. He does, not realizing that he will soon run afoul of Black Patch, a man that once lost an eye to Fred's father during a fight!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as A Voyage to Destiny! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Wait till he throws down some more coconuts
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Pages: 1
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The Damaged Boulevard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (same artist as previous issue)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: Each town has some peculiarity...
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Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: He likes his Wheaties double-toasted.
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Pages: 1
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The Mountain Without a Top!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Pierre Vantan; Red Eagle; Stickney (crook)
First Line: Sinister, still unexplored, it towers up and up into the blue...
Synopsis: Greg and Stuff are out west on vacation. No Top Mountain, which towers over their hotel, is in a near constant state of rockslides. A race up the mountain has been announced, and Pierre Vantan, famed rock climber, is favorite to win. Stickney has discovered an pocket of gold at the top of the mountain and is causing the rockslides to discourage climbers.
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Pages: 10
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Pvt. Pete
First Line: You take over for the cook today!
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Trapped Trappers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Barton; Foxy
First Line: That intrepid world traveler, Congo Bill...
Synopsis: Bill is up near the Arctic Circle, where he captures a band of fur thieves.
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Pages: 5.67
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: That's right, folks...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Quiz Quix
First Line: Here we are again, chillins...
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Pages: 1
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On the Hoof

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Walk of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Danton; The Tumbling Tollinis
First Line: Daring wire-walkers balance nimble feet and risk their lives to entertain you...
Synopsis: Zatara is booked to perform at a theatre, but it is the Tumbling Tollinis who are the major attraction. Men hired by the manager of a rival theatre rig the high wire with electricity, which causes a number of accidents, until Zatara exposes their plot.
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Pages: 8
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These Can Be Yours

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs); ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (photographs); ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Advertisement for Collier's Magazine sales and prizes that could be earned from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company of Springfield, Ohio.
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Energy When You Need It!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Advertisement for the Baby Ruth candy bar from the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago, Illinois.

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