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Issue: Action Comics #28
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #28 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 10¢ Cover Price
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/24/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 463365.
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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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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Action Comics #28 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover; 1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as Action Comics #28 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Strongarm Assaults

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Betty Burnley Bentley
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (named); Mr. Jenkins; Herculo (introduction); un-named clown called "the strongarm bandit" (villain)
Synopsis: Clark and Lois are led to believe that a series of robberies are being committed by a circus strongman, but it's Superman who rounds up the real perpetrator!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Action Comics Archives #2 published November 1998
as The Strongarm Assaults [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 published August 2013
as The Strongarm Assaults [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Supermen of America

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Here Comes Superman Again!

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
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The Southpaw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Pep Morgan
Character(s): Pep Morgan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Chase

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Captain Andago; Jeannie (love interest)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story title given in previous issue.
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The Whole Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Easter Island Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Three Aces
Character(s): Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
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Pages: 6
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The Gorrah's Blackmail Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tex Thomson; the Gorrah (villain); Bob Daley (sidekick); Miss Van Stryker; Nicky Blair (crook)
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Pages: 8
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Napoleon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
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Pages: 1
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Pages: 0.75
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 0.25
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; Mutt & Jeff
First Line: For swell vacation reading...
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All ads.
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The Hollywood Jewel Theft Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Clip Carson
Character(s): Clip Carson; Buzz Bailey (movie columnist); Detective Sweeney; Harold Weston (crook); Betty Bailey; Morelli (crook)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Moldoff signs both first and last panels.
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Howard Jones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Sport Close-Ups!
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Pages: 1
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A MacBeagle Can Smell a Bargain!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Pages: 0.5
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Superman Is on the Radio!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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The Gringo Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara; the Gringo Gang (villains)
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Pages: 11
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): U. S. Bicycle Tires
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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