Action Comics #653 (1990) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Rest in Peace	cover	1	pencils: Kerry Gammill; inks: Brett Breeding; letters: Keith Wilson, Todd Klein	Clark Kent
2	Love & Death	comic story	22	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Bob McLeod, Brett Breeding; inks: Brett Breeding; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: Bill Oakley	Allie, Jose Delgado, Cat Grant, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Bruno Mannheim, Amanda Marie McCoy, Superman
9	What's Up Doc?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Bugs Bunny
10	The DC Comics Deal of the Decade!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Batman, Bruce Wayne
11	-	letters page	2	script: Michael Eury

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07098930410905

Collection	Year
Superman: Dark Knight Over Metropolis #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4306-7	2013	On eBay ›

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