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Issue: Action Comics #109
Publication Date: June 1947
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Issues: #109 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: 04/14/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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
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The Man Who Robbed the Mint

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; the Prankster
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The Man Who Robbed the Mint!

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Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel]
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; the Prankster (villain)
First Line: Money, they say, isn't everything.
Synopsis: The Prankster develops a formula that removes the green dye from paper money. He asks people to bring him the "worthless" blank bills, for which he has a plan to restore back into real money, only to be foiled by Superman.
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Pages: 12
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Jerry Witte

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Jerome Witte
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Swifty Seaver Wins for Beaver

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Genres: sports
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Elevator to Excitement!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Quintus McGurk
First Line: Young Quintus McGurk runs an elevator in our town.
Synopsis: Thieves try to take the elevator up to their planned robbery, but Zatara magically puts obstacles in their way (such as enlarging the crook's gun until it fills the elevator).
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Witty Willy
Character(s): Witty Willy
First Line: Hi, Willy, did you write the composition...
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The Elephants' Graveyard!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Gabby Garrison; Joe Trask; Simla; Chief Tomasi; Hugh Stafford
First Line: Deep in the heart of Africa lies a hidden valley...
Synopsis: Bill exposes a pair of conmen's effort to sell a phony elephants' graveyard.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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No Need for Murder

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The Theft of a Very Loud Noise!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: This is the tale of a baker of cakes...
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How Jet-Propulsion Works

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Pop Gunn Rides Again!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Pop Gunn
First Line: Remember Pop Gunn? - "The Sheriff of Times Square2...
Synopsis: The Vigilante Helps two old ex-Texas Rangers get a job in the city police department.
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The "Too-Sure Eleven"

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Feature(s): Famous Sport Flops; Thom McAn
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Editorial Advisory Board

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T Is for Tapir

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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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