Action Comics #182 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Return of Planet Krypton!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Ray Burnley; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]
1	Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Return of Planet Krypton!	comic story	12	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
5	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	The Quiz Game of Death!	comic story	5.5	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Droga
7	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
9	The Line of Stars	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	The Jinx Planet!	comic story	5.67	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Chance (villain); John Burton
12	Scanning the Sea Monsters	text article	2	pencils: ? (header); inks: ? (header); letters: typeset
14	The Amazing Crimes of the Lariat!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Lariat (villain)
15	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 6.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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 85th Anniversary Collection #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-170-5	2023	On eBay ›

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