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Issue: Action Comics #122
Publication Date: July 1948
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Issues: #122 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: 05/17/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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 Super-Sideshow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #122 published August 1948
as The Super-Sideshow [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Kodak
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The Super Sideshow!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Charley Carson (barker); the fire-eater (performer); the fat lady (performer); the India-rubber man (performer); the human fly (performer); the sword swallower (performer); tattooed man (performer); Henry Hulbert (promoter)
First Line: Right this way, ladies and gentlemen...
Synopsis: When a sideshow museum is sabotaged, Superman uses his powers to fill in for the sick performers to perform a super sideshow.
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Rounding Up the Rustlers

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Bingling; Miss Trixie; Zulu
Synopsis: The Captain and his pals figure out who has been tampering with the circus trapeze equipment.
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Butterfly Booty!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Si Evans; Paley
First Line: Chasing butterflies may sound like small-time game...
Synopsis: Si Evans invents a machine for collecting butterflies, but a pair of criminals try to steal it. Bill uses the machine itself to capture the crooks.
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Won - By a Whisper!

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Everything You Want in a Magazine!

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Feature(s): Gang Busters; Mr. District Attorney
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Mischievous Morton
Character(s): Morton; his mother
First Line: Oh, boy!
Synopsis: Morton asks his mother for a piece of pie and she insists he only take one slice. He cuts a small portion and eats the remaining huge piece
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Mail-Order Magic!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Jimmy Keller; Baldy Smith (crook); Muggsy (crook)
First Line: You can learn magic from books...
Synopsis: Jimmy White sees Zatara perform magic at a basketball game and decides he will learn it too. Soon he is performing simple sleight of hand, but one of the young onlookers decides to steal items from passing adults and claim the missing item had just vanished. Zatara sees what is happening and teaches the young offender a lesson. His brother is escaped convict Baldy Smith and one of the gang is about to shoot Zatara in the back when Jimmy saves him.
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Show Time

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Feature(s): Adventures of "Popsicle Pete"
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Gosh! I'm broke again...
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Shorty; a sheriff
First Line: I'll show here - I'll run away from home!
Synopsis: Shorty runs away from home to avoid doing the dishes. When he has to jump into a lake to avoid a swarm of hornets he is arrested for trespassing, and forced to wash dishes to work off his five dollar fine.
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You Run Faster in Keds!

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Feature(s): U. S. Keds
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For the Tops in Teen-Age Comics Read

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Feature(s): A Date with Judy; Leave It to Binky; Buzzy
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The Measure of a Criminal

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Curtain Time for the Mystery Crimes!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Mr. Kling; Roger Westgun (crook); Polecat Pete (crook)
First Line: Say! That's not in the act!
Synopsis: The Vigilante and Stuff foil a series of robberies which turn out to be masterminded by a travelling theatre owner.
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Feature(s): Schwinn
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Feature(s): Scribbly
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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