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Issue: Action Comics #149
Publication Date: October 1950
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Issues: #149 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: 08/14/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (8 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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The Courtship on Krypton!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Stop, Lois!
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Tomahawk
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The Courtship on Krypton!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: When the planet Krypton exploded many years ago...
Synopsis: Courtship of Superman's parents.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #57 published February 1952
as The Courtship on Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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$100,000 in Smuggled Diamonds!

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Feature(s): Ray-O-Vac
Synopsis: A true story of how Ray-O-Vac batteries helped US Customs track down a pair of diamond smugglers.
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Danger Is Where You Find It!

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Feature(s): Danger Trail
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Tommy Tomorrow, Movie Hero!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; John Graham; Millings
First Line: Presenting the Academy Award movie of the year 2050...
Synopsis: Tommy is assigned to John Graham's latest movie as technical advisor. Millings keeps trying to buy Graham out, but when he is refused yet again he hires two crew members working on the film to sabotage production. Ironically, in this manner Graham manages to get a great amount of exciting footage, thanks to the fast thinking of Tommy.
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Captain Tootsie Traps Jewel Thieves

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Character(s): Susan
Synopsis: The kids call on Captain Tootsie to stop some art thieves at the museum.
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Play Ball!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Sabok; the Gaekwar of Golistan; Taru
First Line: Mystery and menace shadow the throne of an exotic eastern kingdom...
Synopsis: Bill foils a coup and induces the Gaekwar to abdicate in favor of his baseball-loving nephew.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop
First Line: The Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest ocean in the world!
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The Day's Best Bite!

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Yippee! Some movie!
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Fun from the Tropics

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: About raising tropical fish.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm borrowing your lawn-mower, Shorty!
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Feature(s): Columbia
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Wait till I tell Pop!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Wheels for a Hero!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Jack Ames, Jr.; Jack Ames Sr.; Lyle Jordan
First Line: Presenting the Vigilante cycle...
Synopsis: Vigilante visits a wounded veteran who has developed a streamlined Vigilante cycle. Unscrupulous cycle dealer Lyle Jordan calls it impractical, but offers to buy it and all the patents as a curiosity for $5,000. Vigilante offers to give it a test run, resulting in Jordan upping his offer to $25,000. When this too is refused Jordan pays some men to sabotage the tests. Vigilante overcomes all obstacles and Ames goes into manufacturing product with a will.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: I got the knot hole first!
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jack of All Trades
First Line: How much is a haircut, Jack?
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Feature(s): Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Co.
First Line: Bud, could I get a wrist watch the same easy way you got the air rifle?
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School Children 'Round the World

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Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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