Action Comics #221 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman's New Super-Power!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
2	Superman's New Super-Power	comic story	9.5	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jay Yorrell (crook);
5	Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	Congo Bill -- Witch Doctor	comic story	5.67	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo ill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Bwanda
9	I Hunted the Sea's Fiercest Fish	text story	1.75	script: Joe Mabely
10	Here Are the Prizes	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	letters: typeset
12	The Sleeping Beauty of Space!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Princess Vyra

Plus 8.08 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 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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