Action Comics #96 (1946) 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	Your Red Cross Must Carry On!	public service announcement	0.67	letters: typeset
3	Haircut -- and a Close Shave!	comic story	12	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Pete Riss; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Twister; Lois Lane
6	Adventure in Hollywood!	comic story	5.67	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Frenchy; Slim; Jeffrey Kendall
7	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
9	Danger's Midgets!	comic story	10	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; The Dummy (villain); Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Tin-Ear Tommy (crook)
10	-	comic story	0.5	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
12	Killer's Refuge	text story	2	script: Stan Carter	Ovid Lebrie; Sgt. Dennis Macklin; Brother Dominique
13	The Sabotaged Dinner!	comic story	5	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry
15	Wonders of Words!	comic story	7	pencils: William White; inks: William White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Dan Towne

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-7476-4	2018	On eBay ›

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