Action Comics #249 (1959) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Kryptonite Man!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Joe Letterese	Superman; Lex Luthor
1	The Magic Card!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Kryptonite Man!	comic story	12.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
5	-	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
6	Just One Second!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Professor Eureka
8	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Jack Liebowitz
9	The Man-Ape's Mountain Mission!	comic story	5.67	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Congorilla
11	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic
12	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
13	The Gambling Asteroid	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Square Deele; Private Hale
15	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Private Pete

Plus 3.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
80 Page Giant Magazine #11	1965	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #1 ISBN 1-4012-0758-8	2005	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-0767-7	2006	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›

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