Action Comics #226 (1957) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Invulnerable Enemy!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; the Petrified Spaceman
2	The Invulnerable Enemy	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; the Petrified Spaceman; Barnum Bolton; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lex Luthor (villain)
4	Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	Jungle Joe, King of the Wilds	comic story	6	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill, Janu the Jungle Boy; Jungle Joe
7	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
8	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
9	Danger on the High-Line	text story	1.75	script: Jack Mason
10	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset
11	The Secret of the Space Signs	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; "Dark" Starr (villain); Captain Brent Wood; Al Todd

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman Annual #2	1960	On eBay ›
Superman #D2966	1966	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #42	1983	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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