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Issue: Action Comics #17
Publication Date: October 1939
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Issues: #17 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/24/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 427466.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Return of the Ultra-Humanite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Ultra-Humanite
First Line: Frantically the wireless operator of the steamship...
Synopsis: Superman struggles to keep the Ultra-Humanite from his campaign to terrorize and blackmail Deering Lines or sabotage every steamer of their company.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as The Return of the Ultra Humanite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as The Return of the Ultra-Humanite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The last panel of the story was an illustrated ad for New York World's Fair Comics for 1939.
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Superman's Special Message to the Superman of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: I am sure that every boy and girl is interested in...
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Pages: 1
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A Second Big Book of Superman!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Your overwhelming approval of the first magazine has...
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Pages: 1
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On the Ranch

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Mary Smith; Mr. Smith; Buck; Pedro (villain)
First Line: Well, Pep, we've been working pretty hard lately!
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Pages: 6
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The Mysterious Rescue

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Marco Polo; Kargan; Abu El Kaf (villain)
First Line: Marco Polo is about to succumb to his...
Synopsis: Kargan helps Marco escape from the clutches of Abu El Kaf.
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Pages: 4
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The Cult of the Tiger, Part 1

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Clip Carson; Japur Chunda; Jaffeer; Panjore; The Cult of the Tiger (villains)
First Line: Far away in the east, lies the vast...
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Pages: 6
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A Lion's Share

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Penciller(s): ? (spot illos)
Inker(s): ? (spot illos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bill; Tom
First Line: Through the tall grass of the African veldt strode...
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Pages: 2
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The Return of the Gorrah, Part 1

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson; The Gorrah (villain); Bob Daley; Gargantua T. Potts; Ali-Baba
First Line: Continuing their adventures, we find Tex Thomson, Bob Daley and...
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Pages: 10
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The Horse That Breathes Through His Neck!

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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Peter Song (a horse); George Varoff
First Line: Peter Song, 5-year-old trotter had trouble with...
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: I wish I had some spending money.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement from Crowell-Collier Publishing Company.
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Royal Academy Commemorated

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
Character(s): Jons Jacob Berzelius; King George VI; Pope Pius XII
First Line: The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, observed its...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Stage Hold-Up

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; gun-hawks (villains); Ham; Blacky (horse)
First Line: After long hours of riding...
Synopsis: Chuck stops a stagecoach robbery.
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Pages: 6
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Autographs of Adam and Eve and of Judas Iscariot

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): John Wilkes Booth
First Line: Sell them to ze judge
Synopsis: Includes the autographs of Adam & Eve and Judas Iscariot; an unmarked grave; a strange beast; and the elephant.
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Pages: 1
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The Peril of Ophir

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Beth Jordan; John Jordan; Setap (villain)
First Line: Zatara is taking his yearly vacation to Europe.
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Pages: 11
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Superman at the World's Fair!

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): New York World's Fair Comics
Character(s): Superman; Zatara; Sandman
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Be a Frontiersman

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kit Karr
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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