Action Comics #236 (1958) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman's New Uniform!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Joe Letterese	Superman [Clark Kent]
2	Superman's New Uniform!	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen
3	The Kings of Comedy!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: Ira Schnapp
4	-	cartoon	1
5	Snapper	comic story	0.67	script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin Hasen	Snapper
6	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
7	The Man Who Talked to Animals	comic story	6	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Janu; Jungle Joe; Roger Oakes
8	The Man Who Battled Pain	text article	1	script: Jack Miller
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Tricksy
10	Wanted: A Teen-Age Code	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
11	Space Chump No. 1	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Tim Kelly

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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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 ›
Superman in the Fifties #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-758-7	2021	On eBay ›

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