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Issue: Action Comics #139
Publication Date: December 1949
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Issues: #139 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (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
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #133 published January 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #62 published October 1952
as Untitled [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Jimmy's Biggest Christmas (Thanks to Dad)

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Clark Kent... Daredevil!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sam Rafferty; J. Wimmer (Daily Planet publisher); Lew Bannion (villain)
First Line: Everybody knows Clark Kent as a meek and timid mouse of a man...
Synopsis: The Planet's publisher wants Clark fired because he's too cowardly, so Clark doubles down on daredevil stunts, and saves his job but gets Perry fired instead. Meanwhile Lois decides Clark must be Superman.
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Disclose Notes: Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk, but it's not in Woolfolk's records as described by Martin O'Hearn at Martinohearn.com One of the earliest stories in which Lois accuses Clark of being Superman.
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Badmen of Mars!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tommy Tomorrow; Vulture Smith (villain); Sheriff Jones
First Line: This is a story of the Great West...
Synopsis: Set in the 'future era' of 1989, Tommy is assigned to Mars to end the rustling activities of 'Vulture' Jones, who is using techniques from the old American West of a century earlier.
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Formerly credited to Otto Binder, but not in Binder's records as printed in Alter Ego 147.
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Tommy Tomorrow Contest Winners!

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Feature(s): Tommy Tomorrow
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Weapons of Ghengis Khan!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Prince Kurdu; Maj (villain); the Rajah of Irab
First Line: In Duka, among the people of Irab...
Synopsis: Following the murder of the rajah, Bill prevents a coup from unseating the prince.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Hmm - Let me see...
Synopsis: At a wishing well Shorty wishes for money to come his way, and is almost hit by a falling safe crammed with cash.
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Bells Tell a Briny Story

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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: If you're ever in Ciudad Trujillo...
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Reprint Notes: Reprinted from All Hands, the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Ring Out the Old! Ring In the New!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Josh Bentley; Peggy Bentley; Cookie; Bart Sheldon; Jim Sheldon
First Line: Within the acres of barbed wire...
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The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid

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Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Feather Kid
Synopsis: Green Arrow explains the meaning of the Red Feather and its relationship to social services.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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