Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1958-07-01
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #243 Edit Cover
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The Lady and the Lion!
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Superman / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lois Lane
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page

The Lady and the Lion
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Superman / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lois Lane; Circe; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis:
Circe gives Superman a potion that causes him to have the head of a lion until he discovers the antidote.
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[no title indexed]
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Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good! There's no lights on!
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Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
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Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.33 page

Wanted: A Pal!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy

[no title indexed]
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Peg / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Goodbye, Bill! I had a swell time!
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Superman's Secret Message
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Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid
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Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
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[no title indexed]
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Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Golly, Helen's father's car is sitting right in the driveway with a flat!
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And if you have any complaints, we will refund your money!
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Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Gag Bag / text article / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Salesman: These socks are just the thing for you...
Synopsis:
Collection of jokes and riddles.

The Five from the Future
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Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:jungle; adventure

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Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifle / advertisement / 1 page

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Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Lady and the Lion!
    Superman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  3. The Lady and the Lion
    Superman
  4. ["Good! There's no lights on!"]
    Casey the Cop
  5. Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
    Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
  6. Wanted: A Pal!
  7. ["Goodbye, Bill! I had a swell time!"]
    Peg
  8. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  9. The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid
    Tommy Tomorrow
  10. ["Golly, Helen's father's car is sitting right in the driveway with a flat!"]
    Varsity Vic
  11. ["And if you have any complaints, we will refund your money!"]
    Shorty
  12. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  13. ["Salesman: These socks are just the thing for you..."]
    Gag Bag
  14. The Five from the Future
    Congo Bill
  15. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  16. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifle
  17. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America
  18. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
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