Action Comics #112 (1947) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Cross-Country Chess Crimes	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyztplk
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	W Is for Woodchuck	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	The Cross-Country Chess Crimes!	comic story	12	pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Mr. Mxyztplk (villain); Bugashlovsky (chess champion); Smith (chess champion)
5	Little Moe	comic story	0.5	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube	Little Moe
7	The Knife Thrower!	comic story	6	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray	Congo Bill; Charlie Moran; Rocco; Donardo
9	Photo of a Phoney!	comic story	7	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: W. F. White; inks: W. F. White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara; Hal Parker; Frames Fenton
10	More Exciting Than Fiction!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
11	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
12	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
13	Element of Surprise	text story	2	script: Stan Carter
14	The Practical Jokers!	comic story	4	script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry; Crazy Jack
16	The Vigilante's Double!	comic story	10	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Rip Morrison (crook)
18	Tops!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 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 #6 ISBN 978-1-4012-9193-8	2019	On eBay ›

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