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Issue: Action Comics #96
Publication Date: May 1946
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Issues: #96 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: 03/11/1946
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 the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume I, Part 2, Numbers 1 and 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B11370.
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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
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Underwater, Superman is playing checkers with a man in a deep-sea diving costume.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover gag (paying checkers underwater to show how long one can go without breathing) will be reused on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 Series) #20 (April 1957).
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Your Red Cross Must Carry On!

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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Haircut -- and a Close Shave!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Twister; Lois Lane
First Line: Every barber has the reputation of being a great talker...
Synopsis: A writer decides to become a criminal as "research" for his next book.
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Pepsi" the Pepsi Cola Cop
First Line: Wish I had a gun, Pepsi...
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: My only game was tiddlywinks...
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Adventure in Hollywood!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Frenchy; Slim; Jeffrey Kendall
Synopsis: An amnesiac Bill attempts to avoid thugs intent on securing a treasure map in Bill's possession.
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Danger's Midgets!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; The Dummy (villain); Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Tin-Ear Tommy (crook)
First Line: Few people like The Dummy...
Synopsis: While escaping from the police, The Dummy is hidden by a sympathetic female midget [sic], then they get away in her car, eventually running down The Vigilante. The Dummy gets his comeuppance at a carnival, where a horde of midgets bring him down.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Scuffy the Tramp
First Line: This is the 'Man in the Street' quiz program...
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Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
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Killer's Refuge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Ovid Lebrie; Sgt. Dennis Macklin; Brother Dominique
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Pages: 2
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The Sabotaged Dinner!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: Because a rhyme's missing, Henry can't eat...
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Disclose Notes: The text is written in rhyming couplets.
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Phil Cavarretta

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Wonders of Words!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Dan Towne
First Line: Many of the words you know and say are really magic...
Synopsis: Zatara catches a boy sneaking out of school because he would rather fish than find out the meaning of three words he had been given. The words are pterodactyl, jinn and corsair. Zatara decides to show him what fun the exercise can be.
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How Thom McAn Tamed a Tornado

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Souvenir or no souvenir...you leave that here!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Advertisement contains a gag cartoon by Berry.

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