Action Comics #123 (1948) 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
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	For Thrills and Action Read	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	50 Ways to Kill Superman!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino, Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Skid Russell; Beefy; Lefty; Heist Nelson; Nitro; unnamed gangsters
6	Volcano Vandals!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Johnson; George Wickers; Hal Sykes; Mark Thompkins; Pegleg
8	World of Wishes!	comic story	7	pencils: W. F. White; inks: W. F. White	Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Larry Dobbs; Helen
11	The Stolen Beaver?	comic story	4	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Hayfoot Henry; Sally Van Swither; Van Swither; Mayor George Gooseberry
13	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug; his girlfriend; Mr. Angelo
14	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
15	The Liquid Metal	text article	2	script: William Morrison
16	Now! Hollywood's "Queen of the Westerns" in a Comic Book All Her Own!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
17	The Color Wheel of Crime!	comic story	8	pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; The Rainbow Man (villain)
19	Strange As It Seems	public service announcement	1	script: John Hix; pencils: John Hix; inks: John Hix

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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