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Issue: Action Comics #131
Publication Date: April 1949
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Issues: #131 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: 02/14/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor
First Line: Extra! Luthor makes Superman vanish into the 4th dimension!
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Pages: 1
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Now More Than Ever

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The Scrambled Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (villain); Lois Lane; Perry White
First Line: Think back now through all of Superman's heroic exploits...
Synopsis: Luthor invents a teleportation machine - the Atom Scrambler - and sends Superman into the 4th Dimension to prevent him from carrying out a vendetta against crusading newspapers. Superman manages to contact Lois by manipulating her electric typewriter, leading her to Luthor's lair, where she uses an ammonia-laced lipstick to throw the gang into confusion, then throws a switch which restores the Man of Steel, who once again captures his old enemy.
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Pages: 13
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Fake Fiddler Foiled

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 1
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The Million-Dollar Stake!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Jim Williams; Cynthia Williams; Bad News Haley
First Line: Is Jim Williams alive or dead?
Synopsis: Bill's friend Jim is murdered and two woman show up, each claiming to be Jim's niece Cynthia.
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Pages: 6
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Big Felt Letters

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Feature(s): Bazooka
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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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Keep an Eye on Your Favorite Newsstand

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Pages: 0.67
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The Secret at the Center of the Earth!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Planeteers; Col. Tommy Tomorrow; unnamed residents of the Inner World
First Line: A dozen different planets have seen the amazing exploits of Colonel Tommy Tomorrow...
Synopsis: The year is 1989. Col. Tommy Tomorrow and his crew travel almost 4000 miles to the center of the Earth, where they encounter a subterranean race who know nothing of the outside world.
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Pages: 8
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Feature(s): Kolynos
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Roller Skate Facts; Winchester Skates
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The Prince of Hams!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Byron Bayne; Mr. Grayson
First Line: Byron wants to be Hamlet...
Synopsis: Zatara helps ham actor Byron Bayne to get a job. When crooks try an involve Bayne in an armored car robbery Zatara temporarily gives the actor extraordinary powers which allow him to foil the attempt.
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Audubon, Artist of the Wilderness

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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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The Pampas Troubadour!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Pedro the cook; Don Jose (villain)
First Line: Greg Sanders gets a fan letter from a far distant land...
Synopsis: Troubadour Greg Sanders receives a fan letter from the pampas country below the border, which allows Vigilante and Snuff to bring an end to the criminal exploits of Don Jose.
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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