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Issue: Action Comics #152
Publication Date: January 1951
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Issues: #152 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: 11/13/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (8 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 Sleep That Lasted 1,000 Years!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
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Feature(s): Kodak
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The Sleep That Lasted 1000 Years

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Dorrow (villain)
First Line: You've all heard of Rip Van Winkle...
Synopsis: Dr. Dorrow projects Superman and Lois into the future where all men are in love with her because she's the only brunette left on Earth. Also all the men can duplicate Superman's feats using their super science.
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Feature(s): Arnold, Schwinn & Company
First Line: There's a genuine Schwinn bike in every price class to suit you!
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: It's a hold-up!
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Neat! I'll take it...
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The Ark of Space!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Kalhoon (villain)
First Line: Out of the remote past comes the clue to a cosmic mystery...
Synopsis: Tommy discovers an ark in space full of people who have been in suspended animation for a million years.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #26 published March 1951
as The Ark of Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Genres: western
Feature(s): Tomahawk
First Line: Panic stalks the forest...
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Feature(s): Janie
First Line: Hi, Janie! All set?
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Lucky Block

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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The Secret of the Invisible Map!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Helen Morris; Hatalupo; Para Lama; Baron von Derr
First Line: Deep in the heart of the South American jungles...
Synopsis: Bill uses a treasure map to locate a lost cache of Incan gold.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Would you like to see a good movie tonight, Sue?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Westfield Manufacturing Company
First Line: Thrilling for features and fun!
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Feature(s): Clue Cartoon
First Line: This could be of great help in solving clue cartoons!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Xmas 365 Days a Year

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
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How to Bring Christmas Cheer

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Genres: opinion, superhero
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Gosh, I left my money home!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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City of the Chiefs!

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Genres: adventure, superhero, western
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Chief Three Bears; Gray Owl; Laughing Gopher; Cunning Turtle
First Line: What was the curious "treasure" hidden centuries ago in the remote Indian pueblo?
Synopsis: Greg and Stuff are in western mesa lands searching for tribal chants to use on Greg's radio show. They spot a group of ruffians holding up some Native Americans. Vigilante ploughs into the fray and routs them. Chief Three Bears tells of how the men were trying to discover the whereabouts of a secret treasure, hidden in the lyrics of one of their native songs.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1954 published May 1954
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Pages: 10
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Feature(s): Big Town
First Line: New -- and great!
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Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
First Line: Given -given premiums - cash
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
First Line: Be a success as a radio-television technician
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
First Line: This Christmas be a cowboy
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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