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Issue: Action Comics #151
Publication Date: December 1950
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Issues: #151 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: 10/11/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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]; Mr. Mxyztplk; the Prankster; Lex Luthor
First Line: Superman tackles triple trouble when Luthor, the Prankster and Mr. Mxyztplk declare war on the Man of Steel!
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Feature(s): A Date with Judy; World's Finest Comics
First Line: Everybody - But everybody wants...
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Superman's Super-Magic Show!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Mxyztplk; Prankster; Lex Luthor
First Line: Once again, Superman's super-headache, the impish and unpredictable Mr. Mxyztplk...
Synopsis: Mr. Mxyztplk teams with the Prankster and Lex Luthor to humiliate Superman by making "plastic proxies" (androids) which make it appear as if Lois has jilted Superman for Mxyztplk, make it seem that Superman has falsely accusing Luthor, and make Superman look like the victim of the pranks of the Prankster. But just as the public begins to wonder why they ever admired him, Superman turns the tables on the trio.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Fifties #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 2002
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The first part of Whitney Ellsworth's last name appears on a building sign on the splash page.
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Golly! We've got to see that!
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Fleer.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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The Great Space Mirror!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow [John "Ray-Gun" Robbins, Public Enemy No.1]; John Shaler; Rad Jones; Sordell
First Line: Greatest marvel of the worlds of tomorrow is the huge mirror that floats in space...
Synopsis: Two convicts have escaped from the prison planet Vulcan, and Tommy is ordered to go undercover and investigate. Disguised as a space pirate, when he arrives on Vulcan one of the escapees, criminal scientist Sordell appears and explains that he has invented a device which allows one to pass through solid matter.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Officer, quick! There's a burglar trying to get into my house!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #97 published February 1956
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The Day's Best Bite!

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Touchdown in the Desert!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Chief Hakim; Muriel Courtney; el Akrim; Richard Courtney; Hamid; Hassim
First Line: Presenting Congo Bill, former All-American halfback...
Synopsis: Bill helps rescue a geologist captured by Arab bandits.
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Here's Fun! Build This Erector Amusement Park

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Your United Nations at Work

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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: How the U.N. reacted to a cholera outbreak.
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The Wonderful Story of Jumbo

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Genres: humorous
First Line: R-ring" "Coming!" "H'lo, Peg! How's the diet that I gave you working out?
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In Content Item: FlagWonder Woman #103 published January 1959
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #60 published October 1965
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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: Jerry, you're always busy running around with girls!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #79 published March 1960
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The Battling Buckaroo of Gila Gap!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Matt Larrup (crook); Grace Elders
First Line: Ever see an hombre lasso a cyclone?
Synopsis: Grace Elders has written a song she thinks Greg can put over, entitled "The Buckaroo of Gila Gap". But when he sings it on his radio show it is a bust. No one believes anyone can do the feats described in the song. So Greg gets Vigilante to re-enact the lyrics live, and the song becomes a resounding hit.
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Disclose Notes: Vigilante uses the streamlined cycle invented and presented to him by John Ames, as seen in Action Comics #149.
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Special Bargain Offer!

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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