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Issue: Action Comics #103
Publication Date: December 1946
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Issues: #103 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: 10/14/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 20 (6 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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Try to be more careful!
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Feature(s): Kodak
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The Road to Happiness!

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Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel]
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Bunner; Glenn Paulding; Haxtl; Empress Nara; Quexo
First Line: A thousand years of oblivion roll back...
Synopsis: Clark and Lois are in Central America for the opening of a pre-Mayan pyramid. As Superman, he burrows deep into a cavern where many persons lie as if only in sleep. Haxtl and Empress Nara appear beside him and converse in modern English, explaining that telepathy is one of their accomplishments. He declares that the machine that has kept them alive for a thousand years will obliterate all developments since that date. Superman takes the empress and her advisor on a tour of the modern world, explaining how they try and help all peoples, not just the ruling classes.
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Lou Little

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Postman Never Rings!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
First Line: What would it take to turn our world upside down?
Synopsis: Some schoolboys are bragging about their father's occupations, and sneer at one whose father is a postman. Zatara overhears the exchange and sets them right.
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Fighting the Forest Fire!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Danger on the Ski Trail!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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The Sea of Missing Ships!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Kelly; Joe; Doctor Forbes; Jake Wardell
First Line: The Sargasso Sea...
Synopsis: Modern pirates force an air liner to land in the mid-Atlantic in order to kidnap a plastic surgeon who is on board, hoping that he can give their chief a new face. Bill is also a passenger and manages to free the surgeon and capture the pirates.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Feature(s): Plastic Wood
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Editorial Advisory Board

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N Is for Newfoundland

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Dog's Life

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Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
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The Policeman's Rival!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: The latest rhymed tale of Sleepyside...
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Feature(s): General Mills, Inc.
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The Rainbow Man's Return!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Rainbow Man (villain); Bean Smitty (crook); ierre Lezl
First Line: Color - vivid, flamboyant color!
Synopsis: The Vigilante's old foe The Rainbow Man escapes jail and goes on a robbery rampage. As ever, The Vigilante and Stuff pursue him and bring him to justice.
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Feature(s): Utility Stores
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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