Action Comics #209 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman [Clark Kent]
2	The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman	comic story	12	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
3	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	The Space Hall of Fame	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Jan Kier (crook)
7	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
11	The "Egg Beater" Rolls On	text article	2	script: John Caldwell
12	The Amazing Desert Ship	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Captain Burnley
13	Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 4.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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

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