Action Comics #213 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Paul Paxton, Alias Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Paul Paxton
2	Paul Paxton Alias Superman!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Paul Paxton; Perry White
3	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete
5	Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know How to Be a Good Baby-Sitter?"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Buzzy
6	Jungle King for a Day	comic story	6	pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Bomba (elephant); Chota (chimpanzee); Nakurtis (African tribe); Togo (lion)
7	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
9	Ton o' Fun	comic story	0.67	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
10	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
11	I Hunted the Green Fire	text story	2	script: Jonathan Maxwell
12	The Robot Crook of Space!	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; "Meteor" Murdock (crook); "Labs" Logan (crook)
13	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 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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