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Issue: Action Comics #21
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #21 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/24/1939
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 440423.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #21 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #21 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front 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): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Atomic Disintegrator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Terry Curtis (inventor, introduction); Ultra-Humanite (villain, apparent death)
First Line: As he walks towards the Daily Star...
Synopsis: Ultra hears of the invention by Terry Curtis of an atomic disintegrator he has created and vows to get it, all in order to further advance his plan to dominate the world.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as The Atomic Disintegrator [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as The Atomic Disintegrator [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Oddity: on page 1, Clark Kent mysteriously is shown in a suit, then undershirt, and back to suit again with no explanation. The last panel of the story introduces by illo and text a new feature called The Spectre.
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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): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Florida Handicap Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pep Morgan; Mr. Johns; Jim Riba
First Line: Hello, Mr. Johns...
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Pages: 6
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): "Chuck" Dawson; Lynch; Jack Thatcher; Apache Joe
First Line: For many long hours, Chuck has followed the twists...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Gun-Running Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "Clip" Carson
Character(s): "Clip" Carson; McCabe; The Sheik
First Line: Algiers..City of mystery and intrigue...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Moldoff signs on the final page.
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Last Chance... Act Now!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Doll Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): "Tex" Thomson; Bob Daley; Col. Rushmore; Gargantua T. Potts
First Line: Having recuperated from their harrowing experiences...
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Pages: 10
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A Blaze of Glory

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Fireman Bill Nolan; Brick Hammon; Bailey; Captain SMith
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Pages: 1.67
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads in the right-hand column of the second page of the text story.
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The Lost Scot Gold Mine, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]; Tony M'Crea' M'Crea; Scottie
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Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): From the 4 Corners!
Character(s): "Small" Montana
First Line: Montana beat Wolgast...
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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1940's Fair Honored

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes lots of small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Deaths on the Moor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, occult
Character(s): Zatara; Tong; Lord Ralway
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Zatara is visiting Lord Ralway in Sussex, England, and his host mentions in the first panel that they are close to where Sherlock Holmes "used to perform his feats of detection". Holmes did retire to Sussex in his old age, but the plot makes greater use of themes from "The Hound of the Baskervilles", which occur mainly on Dartmoor, in the county of Devon.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Home Recording Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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