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Issue: Action Comics #165
Publication Date: February 1952
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Issues: #165 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: 12/24/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (7 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 Man Who Conquered Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Krag the Mercurian
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Buzzy Says: "Be Yourself -- Your Best Self!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
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The Man Who Conquered Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Krag the Mercurian (robot built by Superman); Crime Czar; Lois Lane; Perry White; Fleming
First Line: From outer space, another Superman had come to Earth!
Synopsis: Clark is assigned to literally unmask the new Crime Czar. Another news story unfolds, when a spaceship evidently hailing from Mercury lands in Metropolis. From it emerges an almost exact duplicate of Superman, calling himself Krag. He proves to possess many of Superman's powers, including flight and super-strength. But Krag aligns himself with criminals, and he later gains an audience with the Crime Czar. Snatching off the mask, he is revealed to be the Mayor's assistant, Fleming. At this point Superman reveals that Krag was a robot which he operated remotely.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #4 published January 1961
as The Alien Who Conquered Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.75
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Feature(s): Out of This World; Necco
First Line: The tail of a comet always points away...
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: W-we're lost in this cave!!
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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 Bank of the Future!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Jon Whitley; Noros of Mars; Zirdo of Venus; Marvin Norrel
First Line: The worlds of tomorrow have different native peoples, different customs...
Synopsis: One multiple planets, units of currency are different from those of Earth: the giant coins of Mercury, for example, or the tree money of Europa. The Solar System Bank stores many such for safe keeping, but there are rumors of instability. When Tommy checks with his friend, banker Jon Whitley, these rumors prove to be correct. Some currency continues to disappear.
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Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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The Radar Rescue

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Genres: superhero
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Blind Man's Bluff!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Martin Hallock; Brock
First Line: No man is a match for the combined power of Congo Bill's keen eyes and quick mind!
Synopsis: Blinded in an accident, Bill is still determined to pursue the thieves of a map to uranium deposits.
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Feature(s): Luden's Cough Drops
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Miss Price asked me to get a volunteer to help out in the girls gym!
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Letterer(s): typeset
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He Challenged the Unknown

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Richard Francis Burton
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The Second Vigilante!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Luke Potter [The fake Vigilante]
First Line: When a quirk of circumstance makes possible the most brazen fraud in western history...
Synopsis: Outlaw Luke Potter sees the Vigilante fall into a ravine and decides to take his Vig-Cycle and impersonate him. The brings him acclaim and riches. Meanwhile, Greg Sanders wakes up wearing an unfamiliar costume and with no idea of his crime-fighting activities.
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Feature(s): Charlie Wild; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Genres: humorous
First Line: But, Dad--" "No buts!
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Stop! You thief!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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