Action Comics #208 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Magic of Mr. Mxyztplk!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Superman
2	The Magic of Mr. Mxyztplk	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyztplk; Lois Lane; Perry White; fifth dimension doctor
4	Wishing Big	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg; Peg's boyfriend
6	The Fortress of Space	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Chief Hawkke (villain); Martian with x-ray eyes; Venus Frog Man; Pluto Frost Man; Jupiter Robot; Neptune Winged Man; Uranus Stone Man
7	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
8	How Do You Spell "Relief"? "I-n-d-i-g-e-s-t-i-o-n!"	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete; Pete's mom
10	Nit-Picker	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty; contest host
12	Landslide	text story	2	script: John Michaels	Mark Rader; Basil Davenport
13	Congo Bill's Last Adventure	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Chota (chimpanzee); Loring; Bombo (elephant); mastodon

Plus 7.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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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