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Issue: Action Comics #84
Publication Date: May 1945
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Issues: #84 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: 03/13/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman ;Clark Kent]
First Line: Golly! One more barrel...
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In Content Item: FlagSpecial Edition, Action Comics #6 published April 1945
as Action Comics #84 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Action Comics #84 [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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Pages: 0.33
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You Don't Need a Telescope!

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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Tommy Gets a Zero!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Tommy Allen; Miss Mentor; Lame Brain Looie; Dapper; Mr. Kimberley
First Line: Most public schools are fundamentally alike.
Synopsis: Tommy's teacher assigns a Saturday essay for each class member, although Tommy believes his will be the most boring in class because nothing in his life ever happens that is exciting. That is, until he meets Superman!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #5 published May 2007
as Tommy Gets a Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Stop showing off, Quimby...
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The Sign That Wasn't There!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: Of the rhyming town and its rhyming cop...
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Pages: 5
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Jackals of the Jungle!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Harper; Red Butch; Zukogie
First Line: Many and strange are nature's mysteries...
Synopsis: Bill captures a gang stealing ambergris from a beach controlled by his friend Harper.
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Genres: opinion
First Line: No kidding, kids...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hello Shorty!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Dark Guilt

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Tree's a Crowd!

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Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Bundy; Swaffer
First Line: In the shade of the young maple tree...
Synopsis: The city corporation has apparently planted rows of trees in a quiet suburb. Nearby is a factory which manufactures a miracle plant-growing substance, more valuable than platinum. A gang of crooks surreptitiously lifts a tree from its hole in order to burrow underground towards the factory. Greg reports that no trees have been planted by the corporation during the past year. As The Vigilante, he and Stuff go to the factory in time to see the gang making their escape. In their wake the stolen chemical causes grasses and other seeds to grow to an enormous size.
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Day of Wishes!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Jerry
First Line: Do you want anything?
Synopsis: Zatara helps his friend Jerry by preventing a fur robbery. Jerry feels guilty that he alone should benefit from Zatara's powers and suggests everyone with small wishes ought to also. Zatara explains that people's small wishes might not always be what they really want. So, a man wishing to be as calm as a vow actually turns into one. Another who laments not being able to retain all that he reads is changed into a walking, talking volume.
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Volto from Mars
First Line: Whee! Isn't this fun, Volto?
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Post Grape-Nuts Flakes cereal in comic story form. Includes a one-line promotion for the Hop Harrigan radio program in the bottom margin.
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Illinois Merchandise Mart.
Inside back cover.
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Genres: humorous, military
First Line: Now does anyone else want to be tucked in...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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