Action Comics #170 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Mad Artist of Metropolis	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
1	Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Mad Artist of Metropolis!	comic story	12	script: John Broome; pencils: Al Plastino, Win Mortimer; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Paul McKenzie; Dr. Hugo Renaldo; Dr. Igor Haan; Dr. Phillips
5	The Great Brain of Space!	comic story	5.67	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Dr. Willis Lorner
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	The Gold That Changed to Lead!	comic story	5.5	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Pete; Ward
11	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
12	Push-Pedal Vacation	text article	2	script: Bud Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
13	The King of Handcuffs!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown	Vigilante [Greg Sander]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Dod Horton; The Cactus Kid (crook); "Rattler" Reed (crook)
16	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
18	The Craziest Pair in History	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 6.16 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 ›

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