Action Comics #401 (1971) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Invader Go Home	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino, Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Superman
1	Invaders Go Home	comic story	15	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ben Oda	Superman; Don Hawks [Red Hawk]; Frank Haldane; Old Snake; Moon Flower
2	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson
3	The Boy Who Begged to Die!	comic story	7	script: Cary Bates; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: John Costanza	Superman
4	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic; Ernie

Collection	Year
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: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-165-7	2025	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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