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Issue: Action Comics #173
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #173 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: 09/03/1952
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 the on stand date reported in the Comic Magazine Publishing Report (George W. Dougherty, 1942 series) #129 (October 1952). On-sale date of September 1 in 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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Superman's Invulnerable Foe!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Stop, Superman!
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Pages: 1
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Binky Asks "What Do You Know About Other People?"

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Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
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Superman's Invulnerable Foe!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Ajax (robot); "Dragon" Lang (villain)
First Line: Can you imagine a super-criminal who can speed through the air...
Synopsis: Criminal genius "Dragon" Lang has invented a robot, Ajax, whose abilities match those of Superman and has planted a bomb in Smallville, that will explode in 10 days."
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Pages: 12
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Put this box of Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum in the vault...
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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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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Can a tiger whip a bull?
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Feature(s): Out of This World; Necco
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Crown of Ahagg!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Captain Asmara; Segreb (villain); Hassid
First Line: I've tracked these desert rats to their mountain hideout!
Synopsis: Bill gets the Crown of Ahagg across the Sahara, despite being pursued by thieves.
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Pages: 6
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America's Craziest Comics!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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Extra! Howie's in the Army!

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Feature(s): Here's Howie
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sue
First Line: Golly, what a mob at Finch's!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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The Death Ships from the Past!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Major Marty Miller; Dr. Lewes
First Line: There's no one in that ship, but it's trying to kill us!
Synopsis: On an archaeological dig on Mars, Dr. Lewes uncovers an underground cavern filled with spaceships being serviced by robots. He and the Planeteers see a recording telling of how the warlike population of Mars had been banished beneath the surface four million years ago.
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The Longest Horse Race in History

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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'll pick Nancy up and off we'll go to the big dance!
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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The Vigilante Museum!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Silver Saddle Gang (villains); "Desert" Charlie
First Line: Ha, ha...Looks like we're gonna outwit Vigilante again!
Synopsis: Time after time, a gang of crooks seem to know what methods the Vigilante will use to try and stop them. After one such foiled attempt, he and Stuff find a flier for "The Vigilante Hall" in Red Valley. They are amazed to find a whole museum devoted to the costumed hero, including film footage of some recent captures, used by the Silver Saddle Gang to avoid arrest.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: There's Bill Sawyer!
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Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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