Action Comics #501 (1979) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Milt Snapinn	Clark Kent, Superman
1	The Mystery of the Mild-Mannered Superman	comic story	17	script: Cary Bates; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Milt Snapinn	Clark Kent, Superman
3	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
4	-	in-house column	0.6	script: Bob Rozakis
5	Number 51 Joe Staton	in-house column	0.4	script: Mike Catron

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	barcode 3041011
British	price 0.15 GBP

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