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Issue: Action Comics #171
Publication Date: August 1952
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Issues: #171 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: 06/30/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (7 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
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The Secrets of Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Attention! People of the future!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #67 published February 1953
as The Secrets of Superman [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- And Doublecheck!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Secrets of Superman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Owens; Lois Lane; Jack Wilde; Doctor Williams
First Line: Just what will future generations know of the most amazing human of our century, Superman?
Synopsis: Superman is contributing film footage of his powers and other items to a time capsule which is to be buried for future generations to uncover five thousand years hence. On one of the personalized tape recordings he reveals his secret identity to have been that of Clark Kent. That tape goes missing and Superman, who has been experiencing lapses in memory after being caught in an explosion, tries hard to find it.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #67 published February 1953
as The Secrets of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermán Librocomic #28 published ?
as Los Secertos De Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Top Speed Stops Spy

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Message to Parents

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Letterer(s): typeset
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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 Invaders of Indigo Island!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Barry Mason
First Line: This was my greatest exploit!
Synopsis: Bill captures a trio of escaped criminals using a series of horse-riding stunts.
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: The sea is pretty rough today!
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Feature(s): Necco
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hard-Luck Lou
First Line: Gosh, what luck! It's starting to rain... and me wearing my new suit!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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The Phantom Space Ship!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Captain Marston; John Lawson
First Line: Long ago, Earth's sailors believed in the Flying Dutchman!
Synopsis: Tommy uncovers a ploy by businessman John Lawson to sabotage his spaceship The Pallas and blame his pilot Captain Marston for the insurance payout.
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Disclose Notes: Inks originally credited to John Fischetti.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Today we're going to have a contest!
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Chief best guide in country - he take you where plenty of bear to hunt!
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Your Puzzle Page

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Rover Never Had It So Good!

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A Cell for Vigilante!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Bart Lanigan (crook); Outlaw Billy Butler (crook); Colonel Oveido
First Line: Across the border they led Vigilante...
Synopsis: Vigilante is in a prison camp, picking crates of fruit to work off his sentence for breaking the law of shooting guns in the town of Peaceville.
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2 More Great Magazines!

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Feature(s): Our Army at War; Star Spangled War Stories
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Secret of Treasure Cave

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Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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