Action Comics #244 (1958) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman's Undersea Kingdom!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Joe Letterese	Superman
2	The Super-Merman of the Sea	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Giunta; letters: Pat Gordon	Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Vul-Kor (villain); Lya-La (villain)
4	Know Your Pet!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou Cameron; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty
6	The Riddle of the Roc	comic story	5.67	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Janu; Ed Vance
7	-	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug; Betty
10	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
11	-	text article	1	pencils: ? (logo illustration); inks: ? (logo illustration); colors: ? (logo illustration); letters: typeset
12	The Mystery of the Three Space Rookies	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Milt Snapinn	Tommy Tomorrow; Planeteers; Xixxor of Venus; Kjpxwq of Jupiter; Gol of Mars

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman #187	1966	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0156-3	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #1 ISBN 1-4012-0758-8	2005	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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