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Issue: Action Comics #163
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #163 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: 10/24/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (6 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 Girl of Tomorrow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Susan Semple [The Girl of Tomorrow]
First Line: Wait, Superman!
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Enter Here -- If You Dare!

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Feature(s): House of Mystery
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The Girl of Tomorrow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Susan Semple [The Girl of Tomorrow]; Lois Lane; Professor Weirton; Perry White; Mr. Rollins
First Line: Aaah...Deep in the wild jungles of Venus!
Synopsis: Susan Semple, a receptionist at the Daily Planet, dreams of being romantically involved with Superman. Lois is sent to interview madcap scientist Professor Weirton, but returns denouncing his wild yarn about a cabinet which can change people into super-beings. In desperation, Susan visits him and is subjected to the experimental process. This transforms her into a magnificent mental and physical specimen, and her first aimis to get Superman to marry her.
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The Junkman of Space!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Joe Wilson
First Line: In the world of 2951, Joe Wilson stills works at the ancient trade of salvaging...
Synopsis: Tommy and Brent are caught in a space vortex, and all looks hopeless until a salvage cruiser pulls them to safety. This belongs to the so-called "Junkman of Space", Joe Wilson. He brings them to his planet and fixes up their ship. He then shows them a group of older vessels which he has salvaged and reconstructed.
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Out of This World

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Genres: childrens
First Line: I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
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The Bandit Ghost!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Ghost of Hidalgo; Duke of Floro; Jose
First Line: Do you believe in ghosts...
Synopsis: Bill exposes an extortion ring in a small Italian village.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1954 published May 1954
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Talking Cats

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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'll get two dollars for watching Melvin this afternoon...
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Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory

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The Strangest Posse in the World!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante[Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Duke Parker; Dod Summers
First Line: There wasn't a cowpoke in Banner City who'd ride herd for rancher Parker...
Synopsis: Duke Parker has been unable to get help to make his cattle drive to market since a band of raiders attacked the herd. But Vigilante gathers together an oddball group of cowpokes and leads the beef to market, in the process exposing Parker's supposed friend and neighbor Dod Summers as the leader of the outlaws.
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Captain Tootsie Bags Mountain Lion

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Farmer Jones
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie captures a mountain lion that has been killing Farmer Jones's sheep.
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First Line: Gee, it looks pretty!
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Otto Graham

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