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Issue: Action Comics #143
Publication Date: April 1950
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Issues: #143 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: 02/13/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 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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The Bride of Superman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: You will always hit the bull's-eye...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Bride of Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nikki LaRue [Mme. Nicolai]; Lois Lane; Clark Kent [Superman]; Peggy Wilkins; Perry White; Bobo Newton (villain); Fazir (villain)
First Line: Can you believe your eyes?
Synopsis: To allow Madame Nicolai to come to America and Superman to be constantly with her, he contrives a story that he is marrying her.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm nervous?
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Pages: 1
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The Treasure in the Atom!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Elaine; Iron Hand (villain)
First Line: All around us there exists a myriad of new worlds to explore...
Synopsis: When a prospector and his daughter discover a map to Blackheart's treasure, Tommy and she try to stop Iron Hand from getting it first.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Not in Otto Binder's records as printed in Alter Ego 147.
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The Perfect Specimen!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Dr. Horace Jackson; Halpin; Harry Kailer; Yhuh San
First Line: To live or not to live - - that is the question...
Synopsis: Bill captures a jewel thief who had previously killed a man who attempted to rob him.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #78 published December 1962
as The Perfect Specimen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: According to Binder's records in Alter Ego 147, he never wrote Congo Bill.
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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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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Yankee Doodle Doughboy

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Genres: adventure, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Chris Ludwick; General Washington
First Line: Not allowed to enlist because his baking was essential...
Synopsis: German-born Chris Ludwick lives in Pennsylvania. Hatching a daring plan, he gets himself captured by the Hessians, who take him for a deserter. While in custody he extols the virtues of Pennsylvanian farmland free to anyone who takes occupation to the soldiers, many of whom are themselves conscripted farmers. This leads to more than two hundred Hessian desertions. General Washington himself congratulates and thanks Ludwick for his efforts.
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In Content Item: FlagTomahawk #56 published May 1958
as Yankee Doodle Doughboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Design for Driving

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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Have your picture taken with the big fish you catch, mister?
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Pages: 0.75
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The Days of '49!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Luke Martin; Jeph; Bess; Greg Sanders [Vigilante]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid [Jimmy Leong]; Orval Prentice; Slick (villain)
First Line: What would you think if you suddenly heard the creak of covered wagons...
Synopsis: Luke comes to Nugget to learn about his father. His only clue is half a wedding ring.
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Pages: 10
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Superman's Code for Buddies

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, superhero
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Bob Hope
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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