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Issue: Action Comics #162
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 09/24/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (5 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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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It

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #61 published September 1952
as Superman vs. "It"! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Superman Says: "The World Is Our Schoolroom!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Subject Matter
opinion, superhero
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; It (intro)
Out of nowhere it came...
An alien being from another dimension threatens Metropolis.
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FlagSuperman #61 published September 1952
as It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Stan Musial

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Fleer's Dubble Bubble
Wonder what's on top?
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Sequential panel art ad for bubble gum.
Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
The Interplanetary Restaurant!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Wally Martin; Eben Kinnel (crook)
The men of space, whether they are the Planeteers who keep the law...
Wally Martin retires as cook for the Planeteers and plans to open his own restaurant, out in space. The venture is a huge success, until Eben Kinnel's offer to buy it cheap is rejected, at which point he hires someone to sabotage the restaurant. Tommy is on leave and visits his old friend, catching saboteurs, finding rare food, and towing the restaurant out of the shipping lanes by marshalling many of Willy's friends.
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Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Royal Desserts
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Miscellaneous
1
The Insect with the Longest Life Span of All Insects...17 Years

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Cartoon Criss-Cross
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Miscellaneous
0.75
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Riddle Me This; Necco
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Miscellaneous
0.25
Mission of Mystery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, drama, jungle
Congo Bill; Ali Mirovna; Bura; Budra; Jim Calvert
Mightier than the Caesars of old are the powerful potentates of India...
Bill prevents a maharajah from defrauding his employers, World Wide Insurance.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Is there actually a land of perpetual rain?
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Miscellaneous
0.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Goodbye!" "Goodbye!" "What's eating you, Vic?
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Miscellaneous
0.67
Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Supermen of America
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Miscellaneous
0.33
"Thar She Blows..."

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
2
Article about whaling.
A Horse for Vigilante!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, superhero
Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; the Ramrod gang (crooks)
It's a great day for outlaws when an accident smashes the Vigilante's famed Vig-Cycle to smithereens...
While pursuing the notorious Ramrod gang, the Vig-Cycle is smashed up, so Vigilant and Stuff are forced to find alternative transportation. They first borrow a horse-drawn chariot from a circus, but later settle for some finely bred horses, which serve admirably.
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Miscellaneous
8
Enter Here -- If You Dare!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
House of Mystery
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Thom McAn
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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