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Issue: Action Comics #100
Publication Date: September 1946
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Issues: #100 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: 07/15/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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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The Sleuth Who Never Failed

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Inspector Hawkins; Clark Kent
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Feature(s): Kodak
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The Sleuth Who Never Failed!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Inspector Hawkins (introduction); Lois Lane
First Line: Many are the battles fought by the Man of Steel...
Synopsis: Inspector Hawkins tries to trap Clark Kent into revealing he is Superman.
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop
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Johnny Mize

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Rhyming Horse!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: This is a tale of betrayal and worse...
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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The Case of the Captive Seals!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill
First Line: Through steaming tortuous jungles...
Synopsis: Bill captures a gang of seal poachers in the Arctic.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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K Is the Letter for Kangaroo

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Indian Sign

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sunshine Nelly
First Line: That's bright li'l me...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Look here, Daffy, you've been owing me...
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Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
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The Book That Was Too Real!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; J. Scriver Tome; Blast Beadle (reformed crook)
First Line: J. Scriver Tome, crime fiction author...
Synopsis: J. Scriver Tome is the author of successful crime novels. A gang of crooks uses his plots to commit crimes until The Vigilante and Stuff step in.
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Here's a Fact Magazine with Superman Punch!

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Feature(s): Real Fact Comics
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Supermen of America

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Magic -- Past or Present!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Merlin; Toth; the Delphic Ooracle; Appolonius; Cagliostro; Morpheus
First Line: Outside the circle of the living...
Synopsis: The spirits of great magicians of past ages return to challenge the young upstart Zatara, but he outwits them at every turn. Having been declared by his peers the greatest magician of all time, he wakes up, unsure whether the experience was real or merely a dream.
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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How to Avoid These "Booby Traps" in Your Home!

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Feature(s): Eveready
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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