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Title: DC Double Action Comics #2, January, 1940, Does anyone have any info on his?
Post by: bminor on April 08, 2019, 08:53:39 AM

I just stumbled upon this For sale in November, 1939.
I did a little searching and found out it had black and white insides, color cover. Not much more info.
There appears to be just one issue published #2.

Does anyone know anything about this issue?

Grand Comic Book Database has this:

https://www.comics.org/series/11562/
Publication Date:
January 1940
Number of Issues Published:
1
Color:
Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions:
Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock:
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding:
Saddle-stitched
Publication Type:
magazine
Series Details:
Cover Gallery   Details by Issue   Series Timeline
Indicia Publishers:
Detective Comics, Inc. (1 issue)
Tracking:
numbering continues from Double Action Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #1
Notes
Black & white reprints of pre-superhero DC stories. No remaindered material, only reprinted. Some suspect this might be an unusual ashcan edition.

Title: Re: DC Double Action Comics #2, January, 1940, Does anyone have any info on his?
Post by: Yoc on April 08, 2019, 10:08:28 AM

I know I read a blog or perhaps in an old fanzine post about this books.
Try doing a Bing or Google and you might find it.  Sorry, that's the best I can do.

-Yoc

Title: Re: DC Double Action Comics #2, January, 1940, Does anyone have any info on his?
Post by: Defiant1 on April 08, 2019, 02:54:09 PM

I was only familiar with the ashcan of #1. Maybe they printed a second issue as further evidence to secure the copyright? You'd think the USPTO would've gotten wise to what they were doing.

Title: Re: DC Double Action Comics #2, January, 1940, Does anyone have any info on his?
Post by: bminor on April 08, 2019, 04:56:26 PM

What does the ashcan of #1 look like?

Title: Re: DC Double Action Comics #2, January, 1940, Does anyone have any info on his?
Post by: Defiant1 on April 08, 2019, 06:15:30 PM

It's shown at GCD also, I just don't know why this is considered a different series.

https://www.comics.org/series/108096/

Title: Re: DC Double Action Comics #2, January, 1940, Does anyone have any info on his?
Post by: Crimson-Blue-Green on April 08, 2019, 08:07:30 PM

This has been listed in the Overstreet Price Guide for years.  Apparently the cover is the cover for Adventure Comics #37. 
http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/642377.jpg