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Issue: Action Comics #148
Publication Date: September 1950
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Issues: #148 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: 07/10/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Superman, Indian Chief!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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New As Tomorrow!

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Feature(s): Strange Adventures
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Superman, Indian Chief!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Henry Meecher Judge; Shama
First Line: Over three hundred years ago...
Synopsis: Henry Meecher claims to own all the land in Metropolis. In court, he produces a document to prove that the sale of the land by Chief Gray Wolf in 1644 was illegal. The judge rules in his favor, and Meecher sets about demanding exorbitant rents or raze the buildings. Superman travels back in time to the point of the original sale. Gray Wolf is deposed as chief, but still sells the land to the settlers. The tribe make Superman their chief and sell the land in his name. Back in the present he brings evidence to show that, in fact, HE is the legal owner of all the land in Metropolis.
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Look, gang! There's a real live Indian...
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Fleer.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Feature(s): Feature Films
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The Gypsies of Space!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Korath the Gypsy Chief
First Line: In the world of tomorrow there are Gypsies, as today...
Synopsis: Space Gypsies, nomads who roam from world to world, are suspected of a series of thefts. Tommy and Brent infiltrate the tribe on Venus, where robberies have just occurred and the Gypsies are ordered to leave the planet. The same thing happens on other worlds, until Tommy captures the real perpetrators.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I made quite an impression on Jean by inviting her out to dinner.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #38 published July 1959
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #316 published September 1964
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I could have told you, dear - we're having lobster!
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The Big Cats!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; George Carey
First Line: When an actor has stage fright, the sight of an audience scares him...
Synopsis: Bill exposes an trainer who substitutes his animals for wild ones, and tries to defraud World Wide Insurance of $50,000.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hmm-- A lot of robberies -- and there's a stranger in this neighborhood...
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Some Salt on Your Steel

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Short article about the importance of iron through history.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Peg, wasn't that Will's car you just got out of?
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In Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Bob Hope #42 published December 1956
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kafloppos
First Line: Gracious me! Such speed is dangerous.
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The Big House Balladeers!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Calaboose Quartet [Lucas McLuke (singing convict); Bill Sykes (singing convict); Two-Gun Muldoon (singing convict); Sad Sam (singing convict)]; Bugs Dorsey (crook)
First Line: Prison gates creak open...
Synopsis: A group of convicts form a singing quartet while still in prison, and upon release Greg gets them a gig singing on his radio show.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I better get to bed early...
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #249 published June 1958
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The Dodo and the Frog Ask "How Are Your Manners Out-of-Doors?"

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Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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