Action Comics #172 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Lois Lane, Witch!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
1	Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	Lois Lane... Witch!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Cyrus Skinner; Jor-el; Lara; Pa Kent; Ma Kent; "Lucky" Lewis (crook); Joe Dun
3	Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
6	Survival in the Snow!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Collins; Maxwell
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9	-	cartoon	0.67	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
11	The Eye of Space!	comic story	6	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
12	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14	Sue	comic story	0.67
15	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
16	The Man in the Mask	text article	2	script: B. Fairbanks
17	The Killer Horse of Hollow Hills!	comic story	8	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown	Vigilante [Greg Sanders], Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Richards; Charlie Dirks; Roy Bean; the Carter gang (crooks)

Plus 3.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›

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