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Action Comics (1938 DC) comic books 1954-1956

  • Issue #191
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 191
    Published Apr 1954 by DC.
    • Cover oxidation. Water spotting.

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Calling Doctor Superman, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Janu, the Jungle Boy starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, Ed Smalle. Nine Worlds Hotel starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Jim Mooney. The Purple Raiders of Cripple Hill starring Vigilante, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #192
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 192
    Published May 1954 by DC.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3695563013

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. Welcome, Amigo public service announcement starring Binky, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner. The Man Who Sped Up Superman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Bad Boys of the Jungle starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Singing Spaceman starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The Red Dust Bandit starring Vigilante, script by Dick Wood, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 days left Auction ACTION COMICS #192 DC COMICS 1954 GOLDEN AGE

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  • Issue #194
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 194
    Published Jul 1954 by DC.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3887516002

    Cover art by Al Plastino. The Outlaws from Krypton starring Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Bare-Handed Hunter starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The Impossible Space Ship starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. The Unlucky Horseshoe starring Vigilante, script by Dick Wood, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $550 Action Comics #194 CGC 6.5 (DC 1954) Jor-El, Kizo, Lois Lane & Mala!

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  • Issue #196
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 196
    Published Sep 1954 by DC.

    Cover art by Win Mortimer. The Adventures of Mental Man starring Superman, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Jungle Circus starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. The World Series of Tomorrow starring Tommy Tomorrow, art by Jim Mooney. Vigilante -- Foreign Correspondent, art by Howard Sherman. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #198
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 198
    Published Nov 1954 by DC.
    • Water spotting.

    Cover art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye. The Six Lives of Lois Lane! starring Superman, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Janu's Jungle Romance! starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. Stand-In for the Prairie Troubadour! starring Vigilante, art by Howard Sherman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #207
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 207
    Published Aug 1955 by DC.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Pedigree: Mohawk Valley
    • Mohawk Valley.
    • Label #1445580002
    • 1/2" Spine split from bottom. Water spotting.

    Cover by Win Mortimer. "The Four Superman Medals," pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman must find a way of attending the annual policemans dinner, during which a Superman Medal will be presented, both as himself and as Clark Kent. One-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. "Mystery of the Space Mutiny" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. "Janu, the Human Chimp" starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $250 ACTION COMICS #207 DC COMICS GOLDEN AGE 1955 CGC 4.5 GRADED!

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  • Issue #209
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 209
    Published Oct 1955 by DC.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3889318019

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. "The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman," pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; A man who appears to have greater powers than Superman appears in Metropolis, to the Man of Steels surprise. One-page Bebe story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Space Hall of Fame" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. Untitled Jerry Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Amazing Desert Ship" starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #212
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 212
    Published Jan 1956 by DC.

    Cover by Al Plastino. A 1956 Superman calendar is included in part of the story, "The Superman Calendar," art by Al Plastino; Superman agrees to create scenes for a 1956 Superman Calendar for charity, but the manufacturer has a hidden clause that may bring him a huge profit. "The Man Who Hated Tigers" starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. -page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. "They Ride The Tall Timber" article by Jack Miller (as Jack Malloy), art by Raymond Perry. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "Paul Revere of Space," script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney; Tommy Tomorrow vs. Zorr, the Space Pirate. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #216
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 216
    Published May 1956 by DC.
    • 1" tear on edge. Water damage.

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. "The Super-Menace of Metropolis," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; When Metropolis is attacked by alien weapons, Superman discovers they were built long ago by Jor-El. "The Jungle of Doom" starring Congo Bill, art by Ed Smalle. Mystery of the Ghost Bomb article by Jack Miller (as John MacKenzie), art by Raymond Perry. "Space Safari" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. One-page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. Superman stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Treasury of Books!" 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #218
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 218
    Published Jul 1956 by DC.
    • Water spotting.

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. "The Super-Ape from Krypton," pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Shir Kahn sends Kryptonian apes into space to test his rocket, but is too late to escape himself; Super Ape lands on Earth and is raised by apes in the jungle until discovered by Superman. "The Strange Jungle Jinx" starring Janu the Jungle Boy, Congo Bill, Chota the Chimp, Jim Bell, Fred Troy, and Leonard Starr. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #219
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 219
    Published Aug 1956 by DC.
    • Full length spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. "Superman's Treasure Hoard," script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman is accumulating incredible wealth in a cavern of his own making, but no one seems to know the reason why. "The Amazing Army of Apes," script by Jack Miller, art by Ed Smalle; A military officer appears to go crazy and starts to think apes are his soldiers. 3/4–page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Day I Beat the Baseball Jinx," script by Jack Miller (as Jack Mason), art by Raymond Perry. "Tom Thumb Tommy Tomorrow," script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #220
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 220
    Published Sep 1956 by DC.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3889318020

    Cover by Al Plastino. "The Interplanetary Olympics," art by Al Plastino; Superman is drawn to an alien world and invited to take part in an Interplanetary Olympics. -page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "Congo Bill, Stone Age Man" starring Congo Bill starring Janu the Jungle Boy, art by Howard Sherman. One-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff. School For Cowboys article by Raymond Perry. "The Flying Dutchman of Space" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    1 day left Auction Action Comics #220, Good, Dec. 1956

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  • Issue #221
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 221
    Published Oct 1956 by DC.
    • Water spotting.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #1482309009
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    1st Silver Age issue. Cover by Al Plastino. "Superman's New Super-Power," pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; An encounter with a comet in space gives Superman magnetic powers. "Congo Bill - Witch Doctor," art by Howard Sherman. "The Sleeping Beauty of Space" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #222
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 222
    Published Nov 1956 by DC.
    • 1" spine split from bottom. Water spotting. Staple rust with migration.

    Cover by Al Plastino. "The Duplicate Superman," script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Exposure to the military's new secret weapon, the Q-Bomb splits Superman into two almost equal selves; One has x-ray vision, the other telescopic, but otherwise they're equal. -page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. "The World's Most Amazing Animals," art by Howard Sherman; Congo Bill has to capture a white lion, a tri-colored zebra and a flying ostrich. "Peril on the Mountain Peak" text story, art by Raymond Perry. "The Creature from Outer Space" starring Tommy Tomorrow, script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #223
    Action Comics (1938 DC) 223
    Published Dec 1956 by DC.
    • Cover and centerfold detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. "The First Superman of Krypton," script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman discovers a lead box in space containing another journal of Jor-Els and some films which he made; When he reads the journal and views the films, he learns how Jor-El first discovered evidence of Kryptons coming destruction shortly before Kal-Els birth on the 10,000th year of Kryptons civilization; Superman realizes his father was the first "superman" of Krypton, and silently promises to use his powers only in the cause of righteousness. "Janu, Jungle God" starring Congo Bill, script by Jack Miller, art by Howard Sherman. "How To Start A Stamp Collection" article by Jack Miller (as Joe Mallon), art by Raymond Perry. "The Amazing Future Toys," script by Otto Binder, art by Jim Mooney; Tommy Tomorrow vs. Nova Norton. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.