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Issue: Action Comics #18
Publication Date: November 1939
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Issues: #18 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/25/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (9 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 432357.
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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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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Action Comics #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #18 [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)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman's Super-Campaign

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Gene Powers; George Taylor (unnamed); Senator Hastings; Trixie (Villain); Hamilton (editor of the Morning Herald, villain)
Synopsis: Superman investigates and halts the activities of a "yellow journalist" editor who is blackmailing noted officials.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #1 [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman's Super Campaign [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #6 published October 2008
as Superman Super-Campaign [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Superman's Super-Campaign [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The last panel features the cover and ad for New York World's Fair Comics for 1939.
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Superman's Special Monthly Message to the Supermen of America

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: It is hardly necessary to tell you that...
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Pages: 1
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Flash!

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; Superman
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
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Old Elias

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Mary Smith; Mr. Smith; Jake Garrow; Sam; Elias Jones; Eddie
First Line: Pep has been vacationing at the ranch of his wealthy...
Synopsis: Garrow schemes to take land owned by Elias Jones.
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Pages: 6
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The Frame

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Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Chuck Dawson; Bart Jackson; Lafe Collins; Speck Gill; Jim Lacey
First Line: Tying his reins to the hitch-rail, Chuck starts...
Synopsis: Bart Jackson is accused of killing Lafe Collins.
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Pages: 4
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The Cult of the Tiger, Part 2

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Clip" Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; Nakir; Rajah Chunda; Panjore; Jaffeer
First Line: In the last installment, Clip Carson had rescued an old friend, Rajah Chunda...
Synopsis: Panjore and Jaffeer plot to kill Rajah Chunda to inherit his assets.
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Pages: 6
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Flying Fool

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Inker(s): ? (spot illos)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Smith; Crowley; Burke; Pete Maloney
First Line: Tensely and with hearts filled with apprehension, the...
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Pages: 1.5
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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The Return of the Gorrah, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson; The Gorrah (villain); Ali; Zloga; Bob Daley; Gargantua T. Potts
First Line: Arriving in Constantinople, Tex Thomson accepts the...
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Pages: 10
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Tiny
Character(s): Tiny; Jimmy; Bill
First Line: Whee! Just my dish!
Synopsis: Tiny eats Jimmy's ice cream.
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Movie Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Gifts for You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Company
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Pages: 0.5
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The Captured Planes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will] (introduction, origin); Hamud; Dr. Tussin
First Line: 1937 War in Spain
Synopsis: Dr. Tussin plots to steal the planes of the Three Aces.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Christman signs - as 'Christopher' - on the last page.
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Nature's Bowling Green

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): General Grant; General Mills
First Line: Father Time and the elements have fashioned these...
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Pages: 1
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Intellectuals of France

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
Character(s): Claude Debussy; Honore Balzac; Claude Bernard
First Line: While there may be a question as to whether...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.
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The Atlantis Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Queen Setap; Barnacle Will; Gath; Loalla; Roor
First Line: Among the myths of this world of ours is the tale of the...
Synopsis: Setap enlists the help of Zatara to find the lost city of Atlantis.
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Pages: 11
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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