Action Comics #166 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Three Scoops of Death	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
1	The Team's the Thing!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Three Scoops of Death!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Perry White
5	Susie	comic story	0.67
7	The Earth-Bound Planeteer!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. Jon Karthen; Captain Brent Wood
9	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
11	Mission to Malaya	comic story	5.67	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill [Chuck Wilson]; Jason Brock; Frank; Steve; Joe
13	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
15	Congressional Collectors	text article	2	script: Tom Shephard; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
16	The Trickster of Deep River County!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown	Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Mr. Wilton; Jeffries
18	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 6.15 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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

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