Action Comics #201 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Challenge of Stoneman!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Stoneman
1	Now More Than Ever	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	The Challenge of Stoneman!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Stoneman (villain); Benny the Brute (crook)
4	Binky's Special Christmas Quiz -- "Christmas in Many Lands!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	The Great Jungle Baseball Game!	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Janu the jungle Boy; Bombo (elephant); Chota (chimpanzee); Jackie Stevens
6	Willy, the Office Boy	comic story	0.5	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube; letters: Phil Berube
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
10	Adventure in the Arctic	text story	2	script: John Marlowe
11	Milkman in Space!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Professor Stacy
12	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] ISBN 0517551004	1983	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn] ISBN 0-89660-055-6	1995	On eBay ›

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