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Issue: Action Comics #82
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #82 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: 01/15/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (6 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #82 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Feature(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Water Sprite!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Nellie Thornley; the Water Sprite [Kenneth Darby]
First Line: Fearful are the tales of monsters strange...
Synopsis: Superman investigates the allegations of a young woman about the existence of a "water sprite", all a hoax to keep the authorities from discovering cheap materials that had been used in building a dam.
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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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Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Pst -- Don't bring in any prisoners right now...
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Pages: 1
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Mind Over Matter!

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: To Sleepyside, the town of rhyme...
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Pages: 5
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Hey, look! A runaway truck...
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Around the Clock with Armor

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Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
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Room, Board -- and Bullets!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Mike
First Line: As "The night has a thousand eyes"...
Synopsis: While out west, Bill discovers an illegal diamond mine on the US/Mexico border. He captures the gang operating the mine and turns them over to Mexican authorities.
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Genres: opinion
First Line: That sure is a remarkable machine!
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Pages: 0.33
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A Win for Packy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Packy
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Pages: 2
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Magnet for Mobsters!

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Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Hoglett; Baker
First Line: It was only a small piece of metal!
Synopsis: A sample of a new magnetic alloy is worth up to a million dollars to rival steel producers Hoglett and Baker. Vigilante and Stuff pursue the sample on its long journey to the smelter, eventually retuning it to the honest Baker, who donates fifty thousand dollars to charity.
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Pages: 10
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Facts and Fables!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Jimmy Timms; his mother and father; Jan of Holland; Jack and his beanstalk; Red Riding Hood; the Pied Piper
First Line: Remember the Pied Piper of Hamelin?
Synopsis: Obsessed with stories of fantasy, Jimmy Timms goes to bed with his mind racing about the outcome of some stories he was reading. In his dreams a winged Zatara takes him on a magical tour of various story locales. He and Jimmy assist Jan to plug the dyke in Holland, Jack's beanstalk to grow and the defeat of the giant, Red Riding Hood to overcome the wolf, and the Pied Piper to lure the rats from Hamelin.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Feature(s): Superman
First Line: Look, kids!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: What'll I do with it, Sarge?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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