Action Comics #84 (1945) 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	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	You Don't Need a Telescope!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	Tommy Gets a Zero!	comic story	12	script: Joseph Greene; pencils: John Sikela	Superman [Clark Kent]; Tommy Allen; Miss Mentor; Lame Brain Looie; Dapper; Mr. Kimberley
5	The Sign That Wasn't There!	comic story	5	pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry
7	Jackals of the Jungle!	comic story	5.67	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Congo Bill; Harper; Red Butch; Zukogie
8	-	public service announcement	0.33
9	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.5
11	Dark Guilt	text story	2	script: Blair Bolton
12	Tree's a Crowd!	comic story	10	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Bundy; Swaffer
14	Day of Wishes!	comic story	8	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: William F. White; inks: William F. White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Jerry

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 ›
Special Edition, Action Comics #6	1945	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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