Action Comics #139 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
2	Clark Kent... Daredevil!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sam Rafferty; J. Wimmer (Daily Planet publisher); Lew Bannion (villain)
4	Badmen of Mars!	comic story	7.67	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti	Tommy Tomorrow; Vulture Smith (villain); Sheriff Jones
6	Tommy Tomorrow Contest Winners!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
9	Weapons of Ghengis Khan!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Prince Kurdu; Maj (villain); the Rajah of Irab
11	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty
13	Bells Tell a Briny Story	text article	2	script: H. O. Austin; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
16	Ring Out the Old! Ring In the New!	comic story	10	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Sy Barry	Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Josh Bentley; Peggy Bentley; Cookie; Bart Sheldon; Jim Sheldon
18	The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Ira Schnapp	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Feather Kid

Plus 10.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman #92	1955	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	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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