Action Comics #122 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Super-Sideshow	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Clark Kent, Superman
2	The Super Sideshow!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino, Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Perry White
5	Butterfly Booty!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill
7	Everything You Want in a Magazine!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	Mischievous Morton	comic story	1	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube	Morton; his mother
9	Mail-Order Magic!	comic story	7	pencils: W. F. White; inks: W. F. White	Zatara
11	-	comic story	0.67	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
12	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
13	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty; a sheriff
15	For the Tops in Teen-Age Comics Read	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
16	The Measure of a Criminal	text story	2	script: Cliff Rhodes
17	Curtain Time for the Mystery Crimes!	comic story	8	pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos	Greg Sanders, Stuff, Vigilante
19	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
21	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 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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