Action Comics #253 (1959) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The War between Jimmy Olsen and Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman; Jimmy Olsen
2	The War between Jimmy Olsen and Superman!	comic story	11.67	script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; El Gar Kur (villain)
5	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Tricksy
6	Coming Super-Attractions	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
7	The Secret of the Super-Orphan!	comic story	7.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Supergirl (brief origin); Miss Hart; Timmy Tate; Superman (flashback, in newsreel footage); Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback)
9	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman
10	The Destroyer of Congo Bill!	comic story	6.67	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Congorilla; Professor Simon
12	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg

Plus 6.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superboy Annual #1	1964	On eBay ›
80 Page Giant Magazine #2	1964	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #16	1981	On eBay ›
Supergirl Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-737-7	2001	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 ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1717-4	2008	On eBay ›

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