Action Comics #105 (1947) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Santa Claus
2	The Man Who Hated Christmas!	comic story	14	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Santa Claus; Jasper Rasper (villain); Mr. Cartwright; Edgar Cringe; Mrs. O'Malley; Tommy
4	They Wanted Wings!	comic story	7	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: William White; inks: William White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Russ Bright; Clipper and other convicts (villains)
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
7	P Is for Porcupine	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
8	Operation Hippo!	comic story	5.67	script: George Kashdan; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Johnny Williams; Fred Forest
9	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
10	Two of America's Most Famous Boys!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
11	The Vindictive Vixens!	comic story	4	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry
12	Little Arthur	comic story	0.67	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
13	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
14	Maiden Cruise	text story	2	script: Martin Walker
15	Truth Comes to Gila Gap!	comic story	10	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Scar Jameson (villain); Tom Haley; Jim Todd

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman in the Forties #[nn] ISBN 1401204570	2005	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-7476-4	2018	On eBay ›

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