Action Comics #145 (1950) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	Merton Gloop and His Magic Horseshoe!	comic story	12	script: Dorothy Woolfolk; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Merton Gloop; Lois Lane; Professor Carter
5	Outlaw World!	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Jim Crewe (villain); Blake (crook); Horton (crook)
8	Mystery of the Stolen Bell	comic story	5.67	script: George Kashdan; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Burt Trent
12	The Egg and You	text article	1.75	letters: typeset
16	The Cowboy Magician	comic story	10	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Bob Fujitani	Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Alfalfa Perry
19	A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America	public service announcement	1	letters: typeset

Plus 11.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Tarzan #230	1974	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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