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Issue: Action Comics #101
Publication Date: October 1946
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Issues: #101 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: 08/12/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Superman Covers Atom Bomb Test!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Superman films the explosion of an atomic bomb at close range.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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L Is for Lion

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Crime Paradise!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Specs Dour; Lois Lane; Craig Dennison; Bruce Doyle; Axel; P.J. Moran
First Line: Superman, why don't you stop those crooks?
Synopsis: Specs Dour has a plan to make prominent persons become unhinged, then blackmail their families. Superman is forced to take the potion which causes the mania, on threat of Lois's life. He finally gets caught on a Pacific atoll in the blast of an 'old' atom bomb, which clears his head.
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Vern Stephens

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Feature(s): "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop
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Devilfish's Domain!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Malcolm Fitch; Fred Miller; Joe Roeding
First Line: The furious gale which blows Congo Bill ashore...
Synopsis: Bill stops a pair of derelict looters from murdering an innocent ichthyologist.
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Supermen of America

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From "Lead Foot" to Anchor Man

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The Perfect Hideaway!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry (a Policeman); Wilkens (villain, a young boy, swindler)
Synopsis: A youngster has been swindled out of a thousand dollars and given supposed ownership of a bridge. Henry discovers the lad seeking to collect a toll for people using the bridge, informs him that the deed is a forgery, and sets out to round up the foul felon, then discovers the crook has swindled others as well.
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Giving a Heel the Boot!

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Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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When East Goes West!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Carstairs
First Line: When that walloping waddy, The Vigilante...
Synopsis: When old style robbers commit crimes in a modern day city, The Vigilante and Stuff realize that the visiting rodeo is the best hideout. Greg applies for a job and excels at bronc riding, shooting and roping.
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First Line: Are ya' all through, Daddy?
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Quiet Beat

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Big Moose; The Duke
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The Man Who Didn't Dare!

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Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Henry Peck; Mrs. Peck
Synopsis: Mild-mannered Henry Peck lacks courage. Zatara helps him sell his invention, designed to protect banks from robbery, using a combination of radar, television and radio. His bosses like the idea so much that they make him a partner.
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How Thom McAn Stopped a Tidal Wave

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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Tops in Comics!

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