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Issue: Action Comics #79
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #79 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: 10/14/1944
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: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; J. Wilbur Wolfingham
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #79 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Editorial Advisory Board

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First Line: Only in a Superman DC publication...
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Pages: 0.67
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The Golden Fleece!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; J. Wilbur Wolfingham
Synopsis: When Wilbur Wolfingham brings his crooked "rags to riches" scheme to Metropolis, Lois decides to reveal his antics and prove to him that "in the end, his schemes only hurt himself"!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as The Golden Fleece! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Capturing the Counterfeiters

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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The Taming of the Tiger!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: Some crooks reform and some get pardons...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: If you fellows would all eat Wheaties...
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Birds of Ill Omen!

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Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Fiddler (villain); Fiddler's gang [Sailor; Droop; Spike] (villains)
First Line: The low wail of mournfully vibrating strings...
Synopsis: The Fiddler teaches birds to sing such songs as "Yankee Doodle Dandy". Rich patrons visit his shop to buy these singing marvels. The Fiddler attends their homes under the pretext of improving the bird's vocal education, but is, in reality, "casing the joint" for future robberies.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Heap good idea - This thing called scarecrow!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Capt. Tootsie and the Toy Cannon

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Narsty
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Kid Brother

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Genres: adventure
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High in the Andes!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Drake; Trigger Garson; Blackie; Taltec
First Line: The molds and casts of crime are many...
Synopsis: Bill is dispatched to investigate the disappearance of an archaeological expedition in Peru. He finds a gang of treasure hunters working to extract sacred Aztec gold.
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First Line: I wish to state that the best radio shows come from the best comics!
Synopsis: Three boys and a dog hail the Superman and Hop Harrigan radio shows -- and their comic book roots.
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Disclose Notes: At the bottom of the last page of the Congo Bill story.
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Flying Models of Famous Fighter Planes

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When Magic Fails!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Peter Paunch
First Line: You thought it could never happen...
Synopsis: Noted confidence trickster Peter Paunch sells a gang of crooks on the notion he can nullify Zatara's magic. The seemingly impossible happens, and Zatara is knocked unconscious. He discovers Paunch's trick to be no more than a pair of earplugs.
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Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: This hound must belong to him
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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