Action Comics #116 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Wizard of Winter	cover	1	pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Ira Yarbrough; colors: Jack Adler	Superman; J. Wilbur Wolfingham
2	The Wizard of Winter!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Lois Lane; Perry White; Miracle Jack Muldoon (real estate developer)
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	Take 'Em Alive!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Rodney Barton; Joan Barton; Sultan (lion)
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9	Copy-Cat, Copy-Cat!	comic story	7	pencils: W. F. White; inks: W. F. White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Tommy; Eddie
10	-	comic story	0.67	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
11	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
12	The Lucky Type	text story	2	script: Ben Carroll
13	The Jealous Swain!	comic story	4	script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry; Eddie Snide; Doe
14	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
16	The Boy Who Wasn't Big Enough!	comic story	9	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Bertie Ketchum
17	Kayo Rembrandt	comic story	1

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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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