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Issue: Action Comics #24
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #24 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/22/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 451427.
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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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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #24 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #24 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Carnahan's Heir

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Rufus Carnahan; Peter Carnahan; Jenkins; Jake Brent (villain); Benny Farrel
First Line: Within the pages of every Metropolis newspaper...
Synopsis: A dying millionaire requests the aid of the Man of Tomorrow to help straighten out his worthless son, who is a gambler, spendthrift, and a weak-kneed sop.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Carnahan's Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Carnahan's Heir [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Hey, fellers!!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Above the following sequence.
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Superman Is on the Radio!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Sponsored by the makers of H-O Oats over the following stations:
Synopsis: Below the preceding sequence. The ad promotes 12 stations in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island airing the Superman radio shows, along with times and days, sponsored by H-O Oats.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: The artwork, which depicts Superman holding a stand microphone, was used regularly in advertisements for the Superman radio show through 1942.
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Spring Training

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Pep Morgan; "Fog" Wallace; Joe Donlin; Jim Shaw
First Line: Nice curve, Pep!
Synopsis: In Florida, Pep has been invited to try out for a major league baseball team.
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Pages: 6
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Escape from the Island

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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Captain Ruff (villain);
First Line: Jon Valor, the "Black Pirate," escapes to the island...
Synopsis: Held captive aboard a pirate ship, Jon escapes to an island while Captain Ruff is burying his gold. Stranded there, he explores the island and finds a great horde of treasure. When Ruff returns, Jon swims out to his ship, and threatens to blow it sky high.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Moldoff signs in the final panel, on page four.
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The Stolen Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
First Line: Upon returning from Mexico...
Synopsis: The Three Aces have flown back from an adventure in Mexico and landed in Arizona. They are arrested as gold robbers, but Gunner escapes and flies to a ranch where the gold has been taken.
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Pages: 6
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No. 2 - Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Action Comics Monthly Book Review
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Pages: 1
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How a Brand-New Bike Came to "Newsy" Mike

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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Last Laffs
First Line: ...And when I finish it...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Invisible Steam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Gargantua T. Potts; Dick Dangello; Inspector Burke
First Line: Back in the city after much travel...
Synopsis: Tex gets a call from Dick Dangello, editor of the Daily Press. Three of his reporters have vanished on the Isle of Akra, off the coast of Africa, while investigating a scientist who claims to have discovered an invisibility device. Tex offers to sail to Akra, where he meets up with the scientist, who orders them off the island. He picks up a gun and fires a cloud of gas at Gargantua, whose whole middle section becomes invisible. While being held captive they encounter the invisible Inspector Burke, who had been sent to investigate the murders of the three reporters.
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Pages: 10
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Eleven Minutes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.33
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: A few small ads on the second page of the text story.
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Scrambled Household Words

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.45
Disclose Notes: On the second page of the text story.
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Revolution in Verdania, Part 2

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clip Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; Lieutenant Diaz; President Valdez
First Line: Clip has been fighting against revolutionary forces...
Synopsis: Clip has been fighting against revolutionary forces in the Latin-American state of Verdania. Diaz tells Clip that the president has been captured by the revolutionists, and Clip vows to set him free. They fly to Punta del Sol, where they are captured and reunited with President Valdez. The trio make good their escape, and Clip declares that he will capture the Revolutionary General.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Moldoff signs on the final page.
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Easter Island Issue

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
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The Magician Murder

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Etta Nolan; Chalo, the Gypsy Magician; Lotus Blossom; John Dokar; the three Witches of Endor
First Line: Oh - Please help me!
Synopsis: Zatara exposes a trio of black magic practitioners, by turning their mind projections back on themselves.
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Pages: 11
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): U. S. Bicycle Tires
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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