Superman #61 (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; Lois Lane
2	The Prankster's Radio Program!	comic story	12	pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent]; The Prankster (villain); Lois Lane
5	The Courtship of the Three Lois Lanes!	comic story	10	pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Superman [Clark Kent]; Peggy Wilkins (introduction, Lois Lane's roommate); Lois Lane; Bill Smith; Perry White
7	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	Sunshine Nelly	comic story	1	script: Jack Callahan; pencils: Jack Callahan; inks: Jack Callahan	Sunshine Nelly
10	How to Be a Sports Announcer	text article	2	script: Bill Stern; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
11	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete
13	Hollywood's Top Adventure Star!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
14	Superman Returns to Krypton!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Superman [Clark Kent] (origin retold); Jor-El; Lara; Pa Kent (unnamed); Ma Kent (unnamed); Swami Riva [Dan Rivers] (introduction, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White
16	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
19	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
20	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Action Comics #208	1955	On eBay ›
Sugar & Spike #3	1956	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #279	1960	On eBay ›
The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0-930289-57-9	1990	On eBay ›
Superman in the Forties #[nn] ISBN 1401204570	2005	On eBay ›

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