Action Comics #121 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman vs. Atlas!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Atlas
2	Superman Versus Atlas!	comic story	12	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Atlas; William Sharp
5	Wits for Weapons!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Sir Andrew Carr (deceased and identity assumed by diamond smuggler)
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win; letters: Lit-Win
9	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
10	The Museum Vandals!	comic story	7	pencils: W. F. White; inks: W. F. White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Clancy
13	Bill Gets His Break	text story	2	script: John Eliston Nanovic
14	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
15	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
16	The Playpen	comic story	1	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube; letters: Phil Berube	Pop; his children
19	The Man of 1,000 Brands!	comic story	8	pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; the Brand [Silas Young] (villain); Bart Thomas
22	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman #91	1955	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #278	1960	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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