Superman #59 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman
2	Lois Lane - Queen of the Amazons!	comic story	10	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; A tribe of Amazons (Intro); Manya
5	The Man of Steel's Super Manhunt!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman; Alan Shotwell (Intro, Dies, villain); Lois Lane
8	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty
10	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
12	Green Magic	text article	2	script: William Irwin; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
13	-	comic story	0.67	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win; letters: Lit-Win
14	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
16	The City That Forgot Superman	comic story	12	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Mxyztplk
17	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
20	3 Smash Adventures	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 ISBN 978-1-77950-560-6	2023	On eBay ›

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