Action Comics #397 (1971) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Superman; Lois Lane (photo); Jimmy Olsen (photo)
1	Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman!	comic story	11	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ray Holloway	Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Dr. Carl Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds; Superman Robots
2	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson
3	DC Explodes in '71	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Mike Sekowsky, Neal Adams; inks: Dick Giordano, Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4	The Super-Captive of the Sea!	comic story	11	script: Geoff Brown; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ray Holloway	Superman; Supergirl (cameo)
5	-	in-house column	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert
6	Pin-Up Superman 1971 Calendar	illustration	1	pencils: various (illustrations); inks: various (illustrations); colors: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset	Superman; Superboy; Supergirl; Lois Lane

Collection	Year
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	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: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-165-7	2025	On eBay ›

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