Action Comics #70 (1944) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Submarine Sailor	text article	0.67	script: Josette Frank
3	Superman Takes a Holiday!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Pete Riss; inks: George Roussos	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Thinker
5	Fight Paper Waste -- and Hang One on the Paper-Hanger of Berlin!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos	Superman [Clark Kent]
6	A Challenge from the Pyramids!	comic story	10	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; John Elder; Lee Chin; Dr. Sanderson (villain)
8	-	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Vitamin Vic
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	The Forest Primeval!	comic story	5.67	pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Congo Bill; Lulan; Moro; Nogli; Rabu
11	Superman; World's Finest Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
12	Words Are Weapons!	comic story	7.67	script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily	Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Ling Fo; Colonel Hakita
13	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Jack Liebowitz
14	The Fugitive	text story	2	script: Eben Azuni
15	Help Me Smash This Menace!	public service announcement	1
16	Clouds of Crime!	comic story	8	pencils: Joe Sulman; inks: Joe Sulman	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Professor Arla

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 ISBN 1-4012-1188-7	2007	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-7257-9	2017	On eBay ›

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