Action Comics #104 (1947) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Candytown, U.S.A.	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman; the Prankster
2	Candytown, U.S.A.	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	The Prankster; Superman [Clark Kent]; Daniel R. Sweetooth; Lois Lane
4	The Cross-Word Puzzle Quest!	comic story	4	script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry
6	Scallions for Scoundrels!	comic story	5.67	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Professor Cole
7	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
9	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
10	O Is for Opposum	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
11	Crossed Trails	text story	2	script: John Osgood
12	Marshal Vigilante	comic story	10	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Burley the banker; Jesse James (crook)
14	The Perilous Penny Banks!	comic story	7	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: William White; inks: William White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Heister Hess (crook)

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 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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