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Issue: Action Comics #83
Publication Date: April 1945
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Issues: #83 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: 02/13/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (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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Introducing Hocus and Pocus Magicians by Accident

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Hocus [Doc]; Pocus [Flannelhead]
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In Issue: FlagO Lobinho (2ª Série) #69 published ?cover
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #83 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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[untitled]

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First Line: For spine-tingling action...
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Hocus & Pocus...Magicians by Accident!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Hocus [Doc]; Pocus [Flannelhead]; Hijack Dorley
First Line: Abracadabra...Alacazam...
Synopsis: A pair of would-be magicians believe they have magical powers, and a crime boss sees them "perform," intending on using those abilities for make him some quick illegal cash!
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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): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Private Jones reporting...
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Custom Tailored Crime!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry; Count Tenn
First Line: In Sleepyside where all the folks...
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Circus Terror!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Wild Horses!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Jim Traden; Bricker; Clanner; Bradley; Jumper (horse)
First Line: Even in our own West, there's no rest for Congo Bill...
Synopsis: Bill exposes a pair of con-men's plan to buy horses at well below market price by inducing the horses to mad behavior.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Want to Be a Champion?

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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In the Soup

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Genres: adventure
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Boners
First Line: Oh oh I'm catching a cold...
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Look, Fellows...

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Feature(s): Ranger Helmet Co.
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A Fortune for a Fossil!

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Genres: western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Professor Higgins; Professor Watling; Big Time Bennie (crook)
First Line: In this corner, ladies and gentlemen, Professor Higgins...
Synopsis: A fossil bone which could change the interpretation of human development is unearthed. Greg and Stuff go to the museum to look at old remains. While there, an attempt to steal the fossil is made, but is prevented by The Vigilante.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Careful, men, we are in dangerous South American jungles!
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The Innocent Thief!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Gerald Miller; J.D. Gorgon
First Line: Is a condemned crook really an honest man...
Synopsis: Zatara's friend Gerald Miller is, according to strong evidence, apparently guilty of theft. Zatara investigates and uncovers the set-up. He finds himself trapped in a timed bank vault with no obvious way out, until he magically brings to life the figures on the coins. Amazon women and buffalos charge at the vault door and break it open. He then exposes the bank owner Gorgon and the man hired to impersonate Miller, who is exonerated.
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Speedy Energy

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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