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Issue: Action Comics #135
Publication Date: August 1949
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Issues: #135 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: 06/13/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (9 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]
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Now -- More Than Ever

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The Case of the Human Statues!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; John Morton
First Line: Out of the past have come old legends of living people turned to stone!
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Pages: 12
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Bob Lemon

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Er -- hello, Peg!
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Feature(s): Bendix Coaster Brake
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The Largest Man in the World!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Professor Beeck; his wife and son
First Line: In 1989 science has produced many great wonders unknown to 1949...
Synopsis: Tommy is ordered to stop the rampage of Professor Bleeck's one mile tall son. Eventually he is subdued, like Gulliver, and taken to the Saturn moon Titan, where all the inhabitants are that size, and adopted by a kindly family.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Pete! Wait for me, I'll walk you to school!
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Win a Prize!

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Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Willy
First Line: Jeepers - I don't know how to make these fancy wrappings...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #38 published January 1955
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Champ to Chump - And Back Again

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Superman on Safety First!

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Genres: superhero
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World-Wide's Best Bet!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Bad News Hale
First Line: You've heard of restaurant proprietors not eating in their own restaurants!
Synopsis: When World Wide insures Bill's life, Bad News accompanies him in his pursuit of diamond thieves in order to keep him safe.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Rice Krispies
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Feature(s): Detective Comics; Sensation Comics
First Line: Want mystery?
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King of the Boatmen

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: A short article about the exploits of river man Mike Fink.
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Message to Parents

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Ace Aeronaut - Major Albert W. Stevens

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Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction
First Line: Chasing the sun!
Synopsis: The story of air ace Major Albert W. Stevens.
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Plane Daring

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
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The Rainbow Man Goes West!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; the Rainbow Man (villain); Sparks (henchman); Chowderhead Williams
First Line: The most colorful character in crime...
Synopsis: The Vigilante and Stuff pursue the villainous Rainbow Man to the blue grass country of Kentucky, where he expects to find stolen jewels hidden by an old crony.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Gosh, I'm hungry! Let's go to a restaurant!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #5 published May 1955
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Watch for Wakely!

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Feature(s): Jimmy Wakely
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Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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