Action Comics #257 (1959) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Clark Kent, the Reporter of Steel!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Lex Luthor
2	The Reporter of Steel!	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Perry White
5	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Tricksy
6	Coming Super-Attractions	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
7	The Man-Ape Skin Diver!	comic story	6	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill, The Congorilla, Janu
10	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
11	The Three Magic Wishes!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Kara Zor-El, Supergirl

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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Showcase Presents: Superman #1 ISBN 1-4012-0758-8	2005	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1717-4	2008	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-4107-0	2014	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6246-4	2016	On eBay ›

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