Action Comics #78 (1944) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Chef of Bohemia	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Sergei the chef
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Action Comics; Detective Comics; All Funny Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	The Chef of Bohemia!	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	Superman [Clark Kent]; Sergei; Biff Condor
5	The Bloke Who Croaked the Oak!	comic story	5	inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry
7	Portraits for Plunder!	comic story	10	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Slammer and his mob (villains); Trigger Collins (villain); Barton Blaston
8	-	public service announcement	0.67
9	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
11	Incident on Hill X	text story	1.67	script: Fred Whitby
12	A Fortune in Feathers!	comic story	5.67	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Red; Midget Mayhew; Seminoles (Native American tribe)
13	Buzzy	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
15	Planes without Pilots!	comic story	8	pencils: William White; inks: William White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Mr. Rand
17	Not to Be Repeated!	public service announcement	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 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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