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Issue: Action Comics #115
Publication Date: December 1947
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Issues: #115 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: 10/14/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (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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The Wish That Came True

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11 published April 1948
as The Wish that Came True [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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 Wish That Came True!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Arthur Parrish; Amos Parrish; Dr. Smith; unnamed Superman imposter (Johnson's hired hand)
First Line: Superman a thief?
Synopsis: A criminal in a fake Superman costume preys upon a little boy's desire to meet Superman.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11 published April 1948
as The Wish That Came True [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Bert La Brucherie

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): A Date with Judy
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Pages: 1
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Treasure Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Jim Taggart; Ubangis (African tribe); El Hassam; Ali Bey
First Line: A fortune in diamonds waiting to be taken!
Synopsis: Bill helps a treasure hunter get a fortune in diamonds out of the jungle before it is taken by Arab raiders.
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: The script for this story is attributed by Martin O'Hearn to "Writer S."
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Columbia
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Pages: 1
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The Toys That Saved the Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; "Old King" Cole; Tommy; Tommy's father
First Line: He doesn't approve of a boy's enthusiasm for toys...
Synopsis: A grumpy man named Cole hates toys and refuses to sign a contract with Tommy's father until the toys are disposed of. On hearing of a flood in the town where Cole's circus is playing, Zatara magically enlarges Tommy's locomotive, airplane and boats, which rescue flood victims and the zoo animals.
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Triumph Comics #12 published December 1948
as The Toys that Saved the Town [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gang Busters
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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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Boys and Girls! Here's an Important Message for You!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: opinion
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Pages: 0.67
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Design for Winning

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Junior Jim

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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That Wonderful Place!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry; Stanley Hatch
First Line: A dream of perfection leads a man on a quest...
Synopsis: Stanley Hatch tries to locate an idyllic town he learned about from a man on a train, but Henry convinces him that Utopia doesn't really exist.
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Ozzie
First Line: Hmph! Ozzie, go right to the principal...
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Pages: 0.5
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lucky to Be a Yankee
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The Man Who Stole the Rainbow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Rainbow Man; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
First Line: Perhaps there is a pot of gold at the foot of every rainbow...
Synopsis: The Vigilante foils the latest crime spree of his old foe, The Rainbow Man.
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Pages: 9
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lifebuoy
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Pages: 1
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The Case of "The Web-Footed Burglar"

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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How Just Two Words Turned Mac Into a He-Man!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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