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Issue: Action Comics #141
Publication Date: February 1950
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Issues: #141 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: 12/12/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 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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Luthor's Secret Weapon!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane
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National Comics Takes "Top Place As the Choice of Parents and Children."

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Luthor's Secret Weapon

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jor-El; Lara; Perry White
First Line: Neither blazing volcanoes, nor flying bullets...
Synopsis: Luthor tricks Superman into helping him make synthetic Kryptonite.
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Feature(s): Bazooka
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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics
First Line: You don't have to wait 2 months...
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50 Worlds in One!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Cadet Ross; Cadet Kilmer; Cadet Marlini; Cadet Berson
First Line: The unearthly jungles of Venus...
Synopsis: Tommy is sent to Planteteers school as a trainer, in order to uncover which of the four cadets under his wing has been planted by an interplanetary spy ring.
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Disclose Notes: Previously credited to Otto Binder, but it's not in his records as published in Alter Ego 147.
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Bear Trapped!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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The Plundering of the Tai Ling!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; John Knox; Miss Primrose
First Line: The Tai Ling owned by John Knox in Hong Kong...
Synopsis: An excursion ship owner arranges to rob his own passengers in order to collect the insurance.
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Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!

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Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Ever on the alert for signs of crime...
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Fighting Fools!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; the Mayor of Turtle City; John; Mary; Timothy Snow
First Line: There's no telling sometimes how a fight will start...
Synopsis: Zatara is due to give a magic show in Turtle City. Before the performance, fighting erupts throughout the gardens and streets of the town, resulting in an empty theater. Zatara magically interferes with the hostilities and restores common sense and order.
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Miss Liberty, Her Story

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Genres: non-fiction
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Disclose Notes: Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: One hamburger!
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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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A Day at the Rodeo!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Tommy Taggart; Mister Conley
First Line: All the kids can get to see Vigilante but me! I got to work!
Synopsis: The Vigilante is scheduled to make a series of appearances at a Western Rodeo. The rodeo takings are robbed but the crooks hide the loot in The Vigilante's saddlebags, making it impossible for the court to convict them.
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Feature(s): Rubber-for-Molds, Inc.
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Look Who's Here!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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