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Issue: Action Comics #166
Publication Date: March 1952
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Issues: #166 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: 01/28/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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The Three Scoops of Death

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
First Line: Go ahead, Lois, put your head in the lion's mouth...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #69 published April 1953
as Untitled [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Team's the Thing!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Three Scoops of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Perry White
First Line: You all know that reporter Lois Lane, Superman's pretty nemesis, would risk her neck for a story...
Synopsis: Luthor plans to frame Clark Kent for the murder of Perry White, even if he has to kill Lois Lane to do it.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #69 published April 1953
as The Three Scoops of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Golly, he's good!
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman and the Mole Men
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Susie
First Line: You mean I'm hired?
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Pages: 0.67
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Charlie Wild and the Hitch-Hiker

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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The Earth-Bound Planeteer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. Jon Karthen; Captain Brent Wood
First Line: Ha, ha...Tommy Tomorrow thinks he's still a young man...
Synopsis: WHile pursuing the notorious Dr. Jon Karthen, Tommy is hit be a ray which ages him. Now too old to pilot a ship, he is desk-bound.
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Feature(s): Riddle Me This; Necco
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Pages: 0.33
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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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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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Mission to Malaya

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill [Chuck Wilson]; Jason Brock; Frank; Steve; Joe
First Line: From every corner of the globe they came...
Synopsis: Bill goes undercover to investigate a criminal haven in Malaya.
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Pages: 5.67
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Professor, do you think it was wise...
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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Congressional Collectors

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art credits per Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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The Trickster of Deep River County!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Mr. Wilton; Jeffries
First Line: When the banks of Deep River County fell easy prey to marauding owlhoots...
Synopsis: Vigilante and Stuff are riding through the countryside when they see a man shoot a sheriff. Apprehending him, they discover the proceeds of a bank robbery, one of many such recently. The manager of the bank asks Vigilante to give protection to their various branches, but despite his advice and suggestions, the robberies continue.
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Pages: 7.67
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Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Look at all the girls...
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Feature(s): Luden's Cough Drops
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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