Action Comics #245 (1958) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Shrinking Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul
2	The Shrinking Superman!	comic story	12.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman; Lois Lane; Zak-Kul (villain); policemen; pedestrians; Justice of the Peace; clerk
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	Do You Know the Legend of Superman?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
7	Lost -- A Free Education!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
8	The Interplanetary Scarecrow	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Tommy Tomorrow
10	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
13	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
15	The Secret of the Super Animals	comic story	5.67	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Professor Peters

Plus 5.82 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0156-3	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #1 ISBN 1-4012-0758-8	2005	On eBay ›
Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1465-4	2007	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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