Action Comics #64 (1943) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Terrible Toyman	cover	1	pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Don Komisarow	Superman [Clark Kent]; The Toyman [Winslow Percival Schott]
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Mounted Messenger by Cornelia Meigs	text article	0.67	script: Josette Frank
3	The Terrible Toyman!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Don Komisarow	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Toyman [Winslow Percival Schott] (villain)
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	The Treasure of Dead Man's Key!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Charles Paris	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff [Jimmy Leung]; Cinthy (introduction); Poison (villain); Chopper (villain)
6	"Jitters" Jeep	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr
7	Gift of Death	text story	2	script: Eric Drake	Hendrick Van Horn; Kapitan Koch
9	The Inquisitive Ostrich!	comic story	6	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Van'thelder [von Helder]
10	Peter, the Small!	comic story	7.67	script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily	Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Peter Populis; Nazis (villains)
12	Quiet...Thugs at Work!	comic story	9	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph Sulman	Zatara

Plus 4.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 ISBN 1-4012-0408-2	2005	On eBay ›
Superman in the Forties #[nn] ISBN 1401204570	2005	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-7011-7	2017	On eBay ›
Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7887-8	2018	On eBay ›

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