Action Comics #223 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The First Superman of Krypton!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Jor-El
2	The First Superman of Krypton	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Jor-El (flashback); Lora [aka Lara] (flashback); Val Arn (villain, flashback); Khai Zor (villain, flashback)
3	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7	Janu, Jungle God	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Shrudlu
9	Gifts to the United Nations!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
10	How to Start a Stamp Collection	text article	2	script: Joe Mallon; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
11	The Amazing Future Toys	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Sparky; Captain Brent Wood; "Nova" Norton (villain)
12	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 6.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #30	1962	On eBay ›
Superman #193	1967	On eBay ›
World's Finest Comics #185	1969	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
1956-1959 ISBN 978-1-68405-061-1	2017	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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