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Issue: Action Comics #133
Publication Date: June 1949
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Issues: #133 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/13/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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 World's Most Perfect Girl

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Helen
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The World's Most Perfect Girl!

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Professor Lurie; Helen of Troy [Emma Blotz]
First Line: Superman! The Man of Tomorrow...
Synopsis: Superman is helping to publicize the forthcoming Metropolis Centennial Fair. Professor Lurie apparently brings Helen of Troy into the present time. Lois is jealous of this attractive woman. Following a series of adventures involving volcanos and outer space travels Superman finally exposes her for a fraud.
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Lightning Speed...Heroic Deed!

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Hollywood of Space!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Hal of the Planeteers; Jon Jons (film director); Vilma Urania
First Line: The Hollywood of 1949 often penetrates wild jungles or burning deserts...
Synopsis: Finding his stranded companion in a bad mental and physical state on a remote planet, Tommy decides to try and raise money for a rest home for distressed astronauts. He makes a deal with Interplanetary Films to direct an action movie. Any savings in the budget will be his for the planned home. He takes the unit out into space, thus saving money on building sets, and comes in under budget. The home is built and is a boon to its inmates.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Some rain we had last night!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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The Man Who Hunted Thrills!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Prince Cham Sha Shaddin; Ahangir Beg; Sidra (elephant)
First Line: A bad end awaits the reckless career...
Synopsis: Bill helps prevent the murder of the prince of Nyabad.
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Ruining the Ransom Plan

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Superman's Secret Message

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First Line: Oh boy, what a swell day!
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The Bike Comes Back

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First Line: Young man-- Your allowance money is much too high these days...
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Adventure of the Shipwrecked Pirates

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The Gold Rush Comes to Gotham City!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Herbie (a hobo); Cal Dorkins [The Snaky Kid] (villain); Eileen Benton; 'Sheriff' Jones
First Line: There have been great gold strikes before...
Synopsis: Cal Dorkins [aka The Snaky Kid] hits upon a scam to create a gold stampede into Gotham City. He has Herbie the hobo pick up a planted gold nugget, and get it assayed. This causes rich and poor alike to buy land options. The Vigilante exposes the scheme, thus helping his old friend Eileen Benton to keep her nightclub.
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The Forest Rangers

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