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Issue: Action Comics #111
Publication Date: August 1947
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Issues: #111 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: 06/12/1947
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
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Cameras in the Clouds

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Used as the splash panel for the Superman story, but with the image reversed and recolored.
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[untitled]

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Cameras in the Clouds!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Binns; Duff; Dan Flood
First Line: Have you ever wondered who films the exciting events you see in the newsreels?
Synopsis: Clark and Lois investigate how two cameramen keep getting video of breaking news events. Superman intervenes when a competitor tries to sabotage their efforts.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #10 published January 1957
as Cameras in the Cloud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). Alvin Schwartz used the name Vernon Woodrum for his comics work.

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Pete Reiser

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The Quest for Life!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Marbichi (villain); Curly Semple; Napomayas (South American tribe); Ucarus (South American tribe)
First Line: Life and death walk hand in hand in a tropical jungle...
Synopsis: Bill travels to South America to secure a cure for a sick child actress.
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Twin Magic!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "Jack" Zatara]; Ned Payne; Ted Payne (twins); their mother
First Line: Never did a pair of twins have such ups and downs...
Synopsis: Zatara magically helps a pair of twins who work dangerous jobs in overcoming disaster.
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In Content Item: FlagClimax Color Comic #8 published January 1948
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Pages: 7
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tiny
First Line: Sam's Shoe Store
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Pages: 0.5
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Trapping the Bank Robber

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Observation Post

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Who's Zoo?

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: What full-fashioned form is this...
Synopsis: As usual, Henry is stuck for an word ending for one of his rhymes. He communes with nature for inspiration, and encounters a bunch of freed wild animals.
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Pop Gunn Shoots the Works!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Pop Gunn; "Five-Chins" Chuck (villain)
First Line: Maybe you think shooting at bull's-eyes is a tame sport
Synopsis: Greg's friend Pop Gunn owns a small shooting gallery. A huge shooting arcade has opened in a building opposite, offering seriously valuable prizes. Greg wonders how this is possible and, as The Vigilante, pays to shoot at all the arcade targets, winning all the prizes. These he gives to Pop Gunn to use as customer attractions. He then uncovers their night time hold-up activities and brings them to justice.
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The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sam Spade; Effie
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Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners

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Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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