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Issue: Action Comics #105
Publication Date: February 1947
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Issues: #105 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/16/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Santa Claus
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6 published November 1947
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Forties #[nn] published December 2005
as The American Way [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Hated Christmas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Santa Claus; Jasper Rasper (villain); Mr. Cartwright; Edgar Cringe; Mrs. O'Malley; Tommy
First Line: Would Christmas be Christmas without Santa Claus?
Synopsis: Jasper Rasper hates Christmas and tries to assassinate Santa Claus, but Superman is on hand to prevent it.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6 published November 1947
as The Man Who Hated Christmas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Want to Be a Champion Dancer?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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They Wanted Wings!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Russ Bright; Clipper and other convicts (villains)
First Line: Men have always wanted to fly...
Synopsis: Russ Bright has invented a pair od mechanical wings which actually work A group of convicts arranged to have sets stolen and smuggled into prison. These they use to fly over the prison walls. Zatara catches up to them and magically turns their mechanical wings into butterfly wings.
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Pages: 7
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Captain Tootsie Saves the Sailplane

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Buddy
Synopsis: A small child accidentally releases the brake on a glider and only Captain Tootsie's strength enables him to grab the tow rope and pull the glider back down.
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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P Is for Porcupine

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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: House ad for the DC logo.
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Operation Hippo!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Johnny Williams; Fred Forest
First Line: They fought the Mikado's men on one tropical isle after another...
Synopsis: Bill helps a pair of hunters capture a pygmy hippopotamus.
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Two of America's Most Famous Boys!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics; Robin; Adventure Comics; Superboy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad including cover repros for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #65 and Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #113.
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The Vindictive Vixens!

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: Listen to these two angry neighbors...
Synopsis: Henry uncovers the cause of the rift between two warring females.
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Arthur
First Line: What's all this business, son?
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Maiden Cruise

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Truth Comes to Gila Gap!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Scar Jameson (villain); Tom Haley; Jim Todd
First Line: Come and see The Vigilante out West...
Synopsis: Scar Jameson's gang are on a rampage of murder and robbery in and around Gila City, but this ends when The Vigilante steps in to administer his own brand of prairie justice.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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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): Eveready
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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