Action Comics #73 (1944) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
1	Tops in Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	The Hobby Robbers!	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Pete Riss; inks: George Roussos	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jonathan Spence; Jesse Martin; Lucius Spruce [the Hobby Napper]; Mooch
4	Molly	comic story	1	script: Ray Houlihan; pencils: Ray Houlihan; inks: Ray Houlihan; letters: Ray Houlihan	Molly
5	Dirge on a Bull Fiddle!	comic story	10	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Charles Paris	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Fiddler (villain); Sailor (villain); Droop (villain); Emory Tidwell
7	Growler and Prowler	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Super-Sleuth McFooey
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	Renegade Roundup!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Edwin Smalle; inks: Edwin Smalle	Congo Bill; Edith Dawson; Blackjack Bates; Tom Green
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
11	A Good Sign	text story	2	script: Allan Gerz
12	The Return of Dr. Ito	comic story	7.67	script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily	Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Dr. Ito (villain)
13	-	public service announcement	0.33
15	Our Friends in War, Work & Service	comic story	1
16	Rocks of Riches!	comic story	8	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joe Sulman; inks: Joe Sulman	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Professor Paul Pillner

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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