Action Comics #229 (1957) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Superman Satellite!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
2	The Superman Satellite	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. John Haley
4	-	cartoon	0.67	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
5	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
6	Worldwide Adventures in Science!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	The Great Jungle Swindle	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Chief Hakola; Kawanga
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10	Games That Save Lives	text article	2	letters: typeset
11	The Milky Way Hunt	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
12	Sgt. Bilko	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 5.5 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 ›
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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