Action Comics #128 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Adventure of Little Red	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
2	The Adventure of Little Red!	comic story	10	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Little Red Rollins; 'Aces' Ducey; Stupid Stanley Stetson
4	Star Spangled Comics; Flash Comics; Sensation Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	When Congo Bill Fails!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Curt Mallin; Kathy Hale; Jack Butts
7	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
9	The Chase through Space!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti	Planeteers; Col. Tommy Tomorrow; Eagle Jack of Earth; Grozz of Mars (villain); unnamed frog man of Venus (villain)
12	Horse for a Day!	comic story	6	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: William F. White; inks: William F. White	Zatara [Giovanni "Jack" Zatara]; Ox Olson (crook); Ape Anderson (crook); Harry the Horse (crook)
13	A-B-C-D Spells H-E-A-L-T-H	text article	2	script: William Morrison
14	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
15	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
16	The Cowboy from Broadway	comic story	8	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Bob Lubbers; inks: Bob Lubbers	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Mr. Craig; Jeb Sande (villain) and his gang

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #259	1958	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 ISBN 978-1-77950-560-6	2023	On eBay ›

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