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Issue: Action Comics #129
Publication Date: February 1949
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Issues: #129 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: 12/13/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
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 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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Assets2
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Lois Lane, Cavegirl

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #129 published March 1949
as Lois Lane, Cavegirl [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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America's Greatest Comics Characters

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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Lois Lane, Cavegirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Gob-Gob
First Line: When a boy woos a girl...
Synopsis: Superman finds what appears to be a real-live caveman frozen in an iceberg. Gob-Gob soon becomes all the rage in the better social circles and Lois adopts him as arm candy to make Clark Kent jealous (when Perry gives her a raise).
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Pages: 12
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Feature(s): Superboy
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hey, you!
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Derelict from the Deeps!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; "Bad News" Haley; Shanghai; Markey
First Line: The rough waters of the China Seas...
Synopsis: Bill investigates a derelict ship that seems to be powered. The captain, one Shanghai, captures Congo Bill and his friend "Bad News" Haley, but falls overboard. Haley throws him a life jacket, which caused Shanghai to sink. In checking, Bill finds the life jackets stuffed with stolen gold bars.
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 1
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The Flying Carpet!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "Jack" Zatara]; Bill Johnson; Jane; Oily (crook); Duke (crook)
First Line: Bill Johnson's money has wings...
Synopsis: Bill Johnson is duped into buying a supposed magic carpet. Zatara is performing at a charity benefit, and is handed donations of jewels and cash. A bird tells him of the 'magic' carpet nearby. Zatara sprouts wings and flies to the spot, where he animates the carpet, but thieves knock Bill out and steal it. Zatara follows them and uses the carpet to wrap up a group of rogues.
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Feature(s): Scribbly
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Pages: 0.67
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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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Pages: 0.33
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The Earth Doom!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Planeteers; Col. Tommy Tomorrow; Craig; Gordy
First Line: Throughout the ages, civilization has again and again been threatened...
Synopsis: The year is 1988. Col. Tommy Tomorrow and his crew embark on a seemingly senseless and dangerous tour of the solar system. In reality, Tommy must find Element #99 before the rays from a nova make everyone on Earth blind.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Element 99 is Einsteinium, discovered in 1952.
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The Greatest Peril of the Sea

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Willy
First Line: Jeepers - This turned out to be some swell party!
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Pages: 1
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The Desperadoes of Doom!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; The James Boys (villains, dream); The Dalton Brothers (villains, dream); Crazy-Gun Crawley (villain, dream); Billy the Kid (villain, dream)
First Line: Just imagine --- the most notorious Western badmen of all time...
Synopsis: The Vigilante is bitten by a rattlesnake, which causes him to hallucinate. In his delirium he battles with the greatest villains of the Old West.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #61 published February 1950
as The Desperadoes of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Shar-Lee Co.
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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