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Issue: Action Comics #86
Publication Date: July 1945
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Issues: #86 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: 05/14/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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7th War Loan

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: And it isn't Superman who's doing this --
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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People Like to Laugh!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Buzzy; All Funny Comics; Real Screen Funnies
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Enchanted Mountain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; the Wizard of Wokit; Lois Lane
First Line: There was an age of ignorance...
Synopsis: In the distant past, the small town of Morabia stands in the shadow of the Shaggy Mountains of south-eastern Europe. Miraculously, a castle appears atop a nearby mountain - that of the long-absent Wizard of Wokit. The terrified villagers cry out for a savior. Superman himself flies to their aid. On flying towards the castle, the wizard transforms into a giant falcon and they fight. After many tussles Superman destroys the mountain and the castle. In the present, Lois reads the story from a secondhand book she has bought. It is she who has transposed Superman for the champion of the village.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #272 published February 1974
as The Enchanted Mountain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #4/1977 published April 1977
as Det forheksede fjellet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #38 [Direct Sales] published July 1983
as The Enchanted Mountain! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The splash page suggests that that the story may have happened or it may not. In fact, an early "imaginary story" which later became a staple of the feature.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Wish the boss would shift me to left field...
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
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Mysterious Marauder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Gul Khan; Blake; Randall
First Line: Deep in the steaming jungles of India...
Synopsis: While in India visiting a friend, Bill discovers a gang that's throwing travelers into a tiger pit with a hungry tiger.
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Pages: 5.67
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Genres: opinion
First Line: Do y'want me to get really mad?!?
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Pages: 0.33
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Orient of the Occident!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Wang Shi
First Line: Let a man's skin have a slightly different tint...
Synopsis: In Chinatown Greg and Stuff spot a tour bus and hear the guide spouting racist comments about the inhabitants. Unscrupulous occidental crooks prey on people by claiming to be part of the Tien Pu Tong, and demanding payment for perceived insults under penalty of death. The Vigilante and Stuff put paid to their scheme, but not before Stuff plays a bluff and threatens the lives of the crooks with Tong vengeance.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Published some months prior to the dropping of atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, this is a rare comic story which condemns racial bigotry in all forms and makes a plea for tolerance.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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In the Cards

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Pyrotechnician!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: In this Sleepyside tale a burning jail...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Pages: 1
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Crime -- Off the Record!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Butch Baker
First Line: When a crook says he's through with crime...
Synopsis: Zatara makes an appearance at the parole hearing of Butch Baker. Taking the convict aside he tells Butch that he will have a hard time committing crimes on the outside. When Butch reverts to his old larcenous ways, he feels the presence of Zatara nearby and succumbs to his magical manifestations.
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jasper
First Line: Working on a big case, no doubt!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: Are you a good American?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Oops, pardon us, ladies!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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