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Issue: Action Comics #172
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #172 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: 07/28/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (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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Lois Lane, Witch!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
First Line: It's her fault!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #68 published March 1953
as Lois Lane, Witch [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Lois Lane... Witch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cyrus Skinner; Jor-el; Lara; Pa Kent; Ma Kent; "Lucky" Lewis (crook); Joe Dun
First Line: It's ridiculous to say I'm unlucky!
Synopsis: In actually doing Clark a good deed by taking his dirty shirts to the laundry, Lois finds a small jeweled ornament which has fallen from a pocket. Several coincidences convince her that she has become a jinx, so she decides to use her new "power" to harass criminals who are beyond the law. With the hidden aid of Superman she succeeds in intimidating several crooked characters. The jeweled ornament, we learn, was put in baby Kal-el's rocket by his father, Jor-el, to destroy any threatening meteors, as it has the property to weaken iron.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #68 published March 1953
as Lois Lane... Witch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Super Library #32 published January 1967
as Lois Lane… Witch! [Illustration on Cover, Front]page 1 of Lois Lane... Witch! as cover
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Super Library #32 published January 1967
as Lois Lane… Witch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The story contains a one page recap of the last days of Krypton, the rocketing away of baby Kal-el, and of the Kents finding him in a field in Kansas.
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Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!

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Feature(s): Sensation Mystery; The Phantom Stranger
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Pages: 1
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Golly, he's good!
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Pages: 0.5
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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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Survival in the Snow!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Collins; Maxwell
First Line: I must stay awake, or they'll steal the sled and desert me!
Synopsis: Bill pursues a pair of jewel thieves through the Alaskan Arctic.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: This looks like a swell ship!
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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Necco
First Line: Hey! You baseball fans! Look!
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: How did the term 'cold shoulder' originate?
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First Line: Ok, ok. You're still my friend...
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Pages: 0.33
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The Eye of Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
First Line: From unknown outer space it came, a monstrous visitant of mysterious menace that brought panic to the worlds of tomorrow!
Synopsis: A giant eye appears in the sky above Saturnopolis, causing panic among the inhabitants. Tommy and Brent are dispatched to investigate, and find that the eye has caused no damage, but rather seems simply to observe its surroundings. Tommy reasons that it is, in fact, an ultra-scientific television camera operated by remote control.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Jim Mooney begins an extended run on the feature.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Bam bam" "That kid and his drum!
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Ride a bike- it's fun!
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sue
First Line: Golly! Look at Jim Star go!
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: Code Mercury No. 1
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Pages: 0.33
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The Man in the Mask

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Did you ever wonder why you made falsefaces as a child?
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Pages: 2
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The Killer Horse of Hollow Hills!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders], Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Richards; Charlie Dirks; Roy Bean; the Carter gang (crooks)
First Line: H-hang on, Vig! You've just got to last 24 hours!
Synopsis: Vigilante prevents a group of men from shooting a magnificent black stallion, which they believe to be a jinx, killing or maiming anyone who tries to ride it. Vigilante makes a bargain, that if he can stay in the saddle of the stallion for twenty four hours, the horse will be spared.
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
First Line: How to fix any part of any car
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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