Action Comics #120 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Super Stuntman!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent] a movie director
2	Superman, Stunt Man!	comic story	12	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Mike Foss (movie director); Miss Sunbeam; Mr. Hadley; Lydia Heartache
5	High-Water Peril!	comic story	6.67	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Jack; Ann; Johnny Bane; Judge Norman; Hefty
6	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
8	"Cabbie" Casey	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	'Cabbie' Casey; Clancy
11	The Animated Antiques!	comic story	7	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: W. F. White; inks: W. F. White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; J.P. Astor; Collins (villain); Isis (statue); Amenhotep (mummy)
12	Crooked Flight	text story	2	script: Arthur Allenby
13	The Horse Nobody Could Ride!	comic story	9	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Charlie Long Bow; Chief War-Bird; Featherfoot
15	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
16	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17	Western Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 8 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 #6 ISBN 978-1-4012-9193-8	2019	On eBay ›

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