Action Comics #205 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Sergeant Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]
2	Sergeant Superman	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Private Fred Carson
3	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	-	cartoon	0.67	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
6	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
7	The Super Planeteers	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Professor Starr; Dr. Ultra (villain)
8	Batman; Mystery in Space	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10	One-More Polar Expedition	text story	2	script: Joe Mallon
11	-	comic story	1
12	The Mystery of the African Polar Bears!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Harry Harlow [Jim Jackson]
14	Buzzy Says: "There May Be a Career in Health for You!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn] ISBN 0-671-24775-1	1980	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn] ISBN 0-89660-055-6	1995	On eBay ›

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