Action Comics #597 (1988) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	script: John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne; letters: Todd Klein	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Superman
2	Visitor	comic story	22	script: John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Leonard Starr, Keith Williams; colors: Tom Ziuko; letters: John Costanza	Barry Allen, Batman, Jose Delgado, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, J'Onn J'Onzz, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Ella Lane, Sam Lane
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López
8	Great New Gifts for the Holiday Season	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.333
11	Space... the Final Frontier	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
12	-	letters page	2	script: Mike Carlin

Plus 7.667 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893041002
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893041002

Collection	Year
Superman: The Man of Steel #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-3820-9	2013	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Steel #3 ISBN 978-1-77950-966-6	2021	On eBay ›

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