Action Comics #219 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman's Treasure Hoard!	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
2	Superman's Treasure Hoard	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Art Shaler (crook); Doctor Vandin
4	Howie	comic story	0.67
6	The Amazing Army of Apes!	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle	Congo Bill; Janu of the Jungle; Chota (chimpanzee); the General
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
10	The Day I Beat the Baseball Jinx	text story	2	script: Jack Mason; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
11	The Tom Thumb Tommy Tomorrow	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Pluto Pete (crook)
12	Peter Porkchops Solves "The Case of the Careless Camper!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman

Plus 5.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman #151	1962	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
1956-1959 ISBN 978-1-68405-061-1	2017	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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