Action Comics #272 (1961) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman's Rival, Mental Man!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mental Man
2	Superman's Rival, Mental Man!	comic story	12.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Joe Letterese	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Lucy Lane; Aquaman [as Mental Man]; "Ace" Ruggles (villain); Aqualad (flashback); Krypto (flashback)
3	Coming Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Lori Lemaris
4	Watch for the Second Superman Annual!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman; Bizarro; Metallo; Titano; Brainiac
5	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman; Supergirl
6	Get a Grip on Your Gripes!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	Knights of the Square Table	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Sir Egbert
9	The Second Supergirl!	comic story	13	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Milt Snapinn	Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Marvel Maid [Lea Lindy] (origin); Marvel Man [Ken Clark] (origin); Superman

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #68	1966	On eBay ›
Supergirl Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-0000-1	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #2 ISBN 1-4012-1041-4; 978-1-4012-1041-0	2006	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1717-4	2008	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 ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7292-0	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 ›
DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-989-3	2025	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-990-9	2025	On eBay ›

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