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Issue: Action Comics #16
Publication Date: September 1939
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Issues: #16 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/24/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 424435.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics; Movie Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman and the Numbers Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Police Commissioner Watson; Marty Kaye (Villain); Butch (Villain); Nick (Villain); Pete (Villain); Jack O'Leary
First Line: Racing high over the darkened city, is a fantastic...
Synopsis: After a run-in with a gambler who is opting out for suicide, and a Police Commissioner who won't deal with the city's gambling problem, Superman decides to wage a one-man war himself against gambling and aid the victims of it.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman and the Numbers Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #6 published October 2008
as Superman and the Numbers Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Superman and the Numbers Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Superman #2 on sale. The last panel of the story is an illustrated plug for New York World's Fair Comics for 1939.
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Mexico Honors Philatelists

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
First Line: Mexico's promised set in honor of the World Wide Convention of...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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Babe Risko, Casey Stengel, Joe Medwick

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Babe Risko; Casey Stengel; Joe Medwick
First Line: Risko entered the Navy when he was sixteen and...
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Pages: 1
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Bodyguard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Mr. Smith; Mary Smith; Antone; Slim; Slug
First Line: Well, Pep.
Synopsis: Mr. Smith hires Pep as a bodyguard for his daughter.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Marco Polo; Abu-El-Kaf
First Line: After rescuing his father...
Synopsis: Marco continues to elude those who tried to enslave him.
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Pages: 4
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The Pharaoh's Treasure, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Clip" Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; Jim Blake; Sgt. Beatty
First Line: What do you do here, defilers of the tomb?
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Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Supermen of America -- Here's a special free prize offer...
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Pages: 2
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Tex Thomson, Double Agent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Gargantua T. Potts; Bob Daley
First Line: As our story opens, Tex Thomson, Bob Daley and Tex's new valet...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Gargantua T. Potts becomes Tex's valet.
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Treasure Hunt [Part 2]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illos)
Inker(s): ? (spot illos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tubby; Hank; Captain Roberts
First Line: Tubby and Hank, two boys in their middle teens, decide to hunt for...
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Pages: 2
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Trouble at the Box-M

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; Blacky (horse); Jim Mason
First Line: Chuck Dawson's black stallion tops the steep...
Synopsis: Chuck is framed for the murder of Jim Mason.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Terror from Saturn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Tong; Gorla; Poora; Ool
First Line: Walking in the country one night, Zatara and...
Synopsis: Invaders from Saturn want to take over Earth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First time since Action Comics #1-3 in which Zatara speaks backwards to invoke his magic.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: For countless centuries men have lived in these strange rock cones!
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
First Line: The comic book of tomorrow is here today!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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