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Issue: Action Comics #112
Publication Date: September 1947
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Issues: #112 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: 07/15/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (8 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 Cross-Country Chess Crimes

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyztplk
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Forties #[nn] published December 2005
as Opponents [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Pages: 0.33
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W Is for Woodchuck

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Pages: 0.67
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The Cross-Country Chess Crimes!

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Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel]
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Mr. Mxyztplk (villain); Bugashlovsky (chess champion); Smith (chess champion)
First Line: Out of the Sixth Dimension pops that pixilated imp, Mr. Mxyztplk...
Synopsis: Mr. Mxyztplk takes up chess, by pitting himself against chess champions and using the United States as a real-life game board.
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Pages: 12
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Eddie Stanky

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Edward Stanky
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Moe
Character(s): Little Moe
First Line: Whew! Gosh, it's hot in here!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Overturned Canoe

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bright Star Flashlight Battery
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The Knife Thrower!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Charlie Moran; Rocco; Donardo
First Line: In a Latin America backgound...
Synopsis: When Bill's friend, an espionage courier is killed, Bill gets involved in recovering a missing microfilm.
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Photo of a Phoney!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara; Hal Parker; Frames Fenton
First Line: A camera tells the truth...
Synopsis: Zatara uncovers a swindle which results in a photographer's business being stolen from him. Challenging the thief, Zatara magically alters all of his photos to show heads of animals on bodies of real people, which brings down scorn and ridicule.
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Triumph Comics #17 published January 1949
as Photo of a Phoney! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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More Exciting Than Fiction!

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Feature(s): Real Fact Comics
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hey! Pull over! What's the rush?
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Superman's Secret Message

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Element of Surprise

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The Practical Jokers!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry; Crazy Jack
First Line: So intent on a rhyme that his brain gets thick...
Synopsis: Looking for that elusive rhyming word, Henry is bamboozled into visiting Crazy Jack.
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Pages: 4
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Trapping a Bandit

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The Vigilante's Double!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Rip Morrison (crook)
First Line: The Vigilante - a name which strikes terror in the hearts of the underworld's hordes!
Synopsis: Rip Morrison impersonates The Vigilante and commits a series of robberies in his name.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Parker Johns
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Tops!

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Animal Antics; Leading Comics
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
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