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Issue: Action Comics #130
Publication Date: March 1949
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Issues: #130 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: 01/12/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (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
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Superman and the Mermaid

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Ann Blyth; Lois Lane
First Line: Lois Lane meets real Hollywood competition...
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #130 published April 1949
as Superman and the Mermaid [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Al Plastino was formerly given as inker, but these are not at all like his usual style, either in the lead story or elsewhere.
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Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman and the Mermaid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Ann Blyth; Nunnally Johnson; Captain Kidder (villain)
First Line: My bullet! It bounced off his knee!
Synopsis: Real life movie star Ann Blyth intent on plugging her new picture Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, gets involved with lost pirate treasure and the modern brigands who are trying to steal it.
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Pages: 12
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High As a Kite

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Gosh, Daffy, what happened to your knee?
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Adventure of Aladdin's Lamp!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Phineas Welch
First Line: Many and strange are the objects insured...
Synopsis: Bill works to prevent the theft of the alleged "Aladdin's lamp."
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Superboy
Synopsis: Promotional ad for the very first issue of Superboy.
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Pages: 1
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The Ambassador of Space!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Planeteers; Col. Tommy Tomorrow; Grand Master Kal-Thun of the Tenth Planet; Karnark of the Tenth Planet
First Line: How many planets are there in the Solar System?
Synopsis: The year is 1989. Col. Tommy Tomorrow and his crew discover a Tenth Planet beyond the orbit of Pluto. The ancestors of its inhabitants once ruled the Earth from ancient Atlantis. When Atlantis sank beneath the waves in a geologic cataclysm, a single space ship was able to escape. Col. Tomorrow prevents their planned invasion of Earth, and convinces them to join the Federation of Worlds.
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Feature(s): Dale Evans Comics; All-American Western; Western Comics
First Line: You'll find this sure-fire brand...
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Pages: 1
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One Man's Army!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Colonel Gregory Mason; J.B.
First Line: Army life suited Greg Mason...
Synopsis: In civilian life Colonel Gregory Williams tries to run an office as if it were an Army post. When Zatara visits the business he finds workers being punished for the smallest of infractions. He magically orders the medals on Mason's chest to reveal that Mason never fought, was only an administrator and that he bought them in a pawn shop. Zatara gives him a taste of life as a private in the Army.
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Pages: 6
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Why the Beaver Is Eager

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Let me have one of those trick cigars that explode!
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Pages: 0.67
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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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The Singing Bandit of Black Hills!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Wesley Ace; Charley Ace; Harry Ace; Mr. Crane
First Line: From out of the hills came a haunting strain...
Synopsis: Someone is impersonating the Singing Troubadour and robbing stages, trains and boats in his name. The three Ace brothers, owners of these transportation lines, are running the scam. While riding through the countryside singing, the real Troubadour (Greg Sanders aka The Vigilante) is arrested and thrown in jail. Escaping, he foils a succession of hold ups, and exposes the Ace brothers for the crooks they are.
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Rope 'Em Both, Partner!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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