Action Comics #231 (1957) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Sir Jimmy Olsen, Knight of Metropolis!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
2	Sir Jimmy Olsen, Knight of Metropolis	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Professor Peabody; Lois Lane; Sea Gang
4	Earn While You Learn!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira
5	Congo Bill's Useless Partner	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy
7	Stunts for a Rainy Day	text article	1	letters: typeset
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	The Academy Awards of Space	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Planet Pete
11	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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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