Action Comics #217 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Amazing Super-Baby!	cover	1	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Super-Baby (not Kal-El)
2	The Amazing Super-Baby	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; Super-Baby (Baby Bliss); Perry White; Lois Lane; Roger Bliss; Mrs. Bliss
4	Binky Presents "Pioneers of 1976!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	The One-Man Safari	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Bombo (elephant)
6	Ton o' Fun	cartoon	0.67	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
10	Peril on the Trapeze	text story	2	script: Jack Miller
13	The Secrets of the Planeteers!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; "Cosmo" Rey; Cadet Parker

Plus 6.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superboy #90	1961	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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