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Issue: Action Comics #158
Publication Date: July 1951
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Issues: #158 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: 05/16/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (9 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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The Kid from Krypton!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Superbaby (in picture)
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Now More Than Ever!

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The Kid from Krypton!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jor-el; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Kane Korrel (villain)
First Line: Invulnerable to every ordinary force or weapon on earth is Superman!
Synopsis: When a meteor composed of kryptonite is poised to strike the town of Smithville Superman is stymied as to what to do. He knocks it away with a huge bolder but criminals track down the fallen object to use against him. Superman builds giant robots to help him get rid of the kryptonite.
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Disclose Notes: Recap of Superman's origin and career. The kryptonite meteor is colored orange, not green.
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: Make her walk the plank!
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Buffalo Hunting!

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The Vanishing Convoy!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Ali Sau; Ibn Lande
First Line: Across vast desert regions spreads the tide of modern civilization...
Synopsis: Bill investigates the disappearance of oil truck convoys. He discovers a recalcitrant emir, determined to prevent modernization of the Middle East.
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Squeeze Play Saves the Day!

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Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story!; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Feature(s): Mystery in Space
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The Secret of Planetoid X!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; John Rann (villain)
First Line: Of all the solar system's celestial bodies in the year 2051...
Synopsis: John Rann claims to have built a dangerous weapon so that the Planteers will take him to Planetoid X where they store all the outlawed weapons.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hi, Vic, why so gloomy today?
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Neat Treat!

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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First Line: There's that new doll in my class...
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Nero's Greatest Invention

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First Line: Ah, this is a nice spot on the beach...
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First Line: Which is more fattening...
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Who discovered the Nile River?
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Editorial Advisory Board

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The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over!

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Genres: superhero, western
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Art Gravin (villain)
First Line: When it comes to winning audiences with stirring frontier ballads...
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Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks formerly tentatively attributed to George Roussos. Current art identification by Saltarella who states that most of the inks are Roussos, but it looks like Brown "inks on the face in the middle panels of page 3."
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Look for the Real Reason!

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Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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