Action Comics #153 (1951) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The 100 Deaths of Clark Kent	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
1	Big Town	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	The 100 Deaths of Clark Kent!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Kingpin (villain); Perry White
5	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
6	Castaway World!	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. Kylen; Marcia Mayne; Ennis (villain)
8	-	comic story	0.75	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	Diamond Doom!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Will Lanson; Jim Dunn
11	-	activity	0.5
13	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
14	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: J. S. Liebowitz
15	Where Is the Forest Primeval?	text article	2	letters: typeset
16	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17	The Three Dead Letters!	comic story	10	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown	Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Eddie Minton; Dan Black; Prentiss; Doc Harker; Sheriff Lawton
18	-	activity	0.75	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
20	-	comic story	1
21	The World of Adventure in Books	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›

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