Action Comics #220 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Interplanetary Olympics!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
2	The Interplanetary Olympics	comic story	10	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Varal of Thon; Sharn of Iwo; Bronno of Kor
3	Here Are the Prizes	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	letters: typeset
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
6	Congo Bill, Stone Age Man	comic story	6	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Chota (chimpanzee); cavemen
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	The Big Dance	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff
11	School for Cowboys	text article	1	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
12	The Flying Dutchman of Space	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; The Flying Dutchman of Space [Professor Cedric Hall]

Plus 6 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 ›
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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