Action Comics #186 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Haunted Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler	Clark Kent, Superman
1	United Nations Day -- October 24th	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
2	Haunted Superman!	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Jor-El, Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Lois Lane, Lara, Superman, Perry White
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic
5	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
6	Suicide Safari!	comic story	5.67	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill
9	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
10	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete
11	The Hotrods of Space!	comic story	5.67	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow, Brent Wood
13	The Atom Goes to Sea	text article	2	script: W. J. Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14	For the Thrill of Your Life!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Sy Barry	Rex the Wonder Dog
15	The Race to Old Forge!	comic story	7.67	script: Dick Wood; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Stuff, Vigilante, Greg Sanders

Plus 5.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #38	1958	On eBay ›
Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-494-7	1999	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-215-9	2025	On eBay ›

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