Action Comics #278 (1961) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Super-Powers of Perry White!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman; Perry White [as Master-Man]
2	The Super Powers of Perry White!	comic story	12.67	script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White [Masterman]; Xasnu (villain); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl; Y'Trom
4	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
5	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
7	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Moolah
8	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
9	The Unknown Supergirl!	comic story	12.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Superman; Krypto; Linda Lee robot; Jerro; Lori Lemaris; Tough Tommy
10	The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp
12	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Professor Eureka
15	See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
16	At Last!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 4.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Action Comics #360	1968	On eBay ›
Superman #227	1970	On eBay ›
Supergirl Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-0000-1	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1271-1	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1717-4	2008	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6246-4	2016	On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7292-0	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 ›
DC Finest: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-990-9	2025	On eBay ›

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