Action Comics #599 (1988) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Kryptonitemare!	cover	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne; letters: Todd Klein	Gold, Iron, Clark Kent, Lead, Mercury, Platinum, Superman, Tin
1	DC	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	Element 126	comic story	22	script: John Byrne; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: John Byrne, Keith Williams; colors: Petra Scotese; letters: John Costanza	Gold, Iron, Clark Kent, Lead, Lex Luthor, Will Magnus, Mercury, Platinum, Superman, Tin
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Jan Duursema; inks: Tom Mandrake	Travis Morgan, The Warlord
7	The Karma Baggers	comic story	15	script: Joe Calchi; pencils: Britt Wisenbacker; inks: James Scott; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: Dan McKinnon	Cat Grant, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Perry White
8	What's a DC Bonus Book?	text article	1	letters: typeset
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Dave Gibbons	The Phantom, Kit Walker
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Jerry Ordway	Clark Kent, Superman
13	-	letters page	1.611	script: Mike Carlin
14	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.167	letters: typeset
15	A Different Kind of Nightmare...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.222	pencils: Kyle Baker; inks: Kyle Baker	Lamont Cranston, The Shadow

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893041004
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893041004

Collection	Year
Superman: The Man of Steel #8 ISBN 978-1-4012-4391-3	2014	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Steel #4 ISBN 978-1-77951-321-2	2022	On eBay ›

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