Best Place to Sell Action Comics #272

Publisher: DC, 1961

About Action Comics #272

Aquaman and Aqualad appearances. Curt Swan cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Superman's Rival, Mental Man!

Characters: Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mental Man

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: Stan Kaye

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Superman's Rival, Mental Man!

Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Lucy Lane; Aquaman [as Mental Man]; "Ace" Ruggles (villain); Aqualad (flashback); Krypto (flashback)

Synopsis: Lois creates a comic strip about a superhero called Mental Man. When Mental Man suddenly appears he falls in love with Lois, but it's a hoax by Superman and Aquaman to capture "Ace" Ruggles.

Pages: 12.670

Script: Jerry Siegel

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: Stan Kaye

Letters: Joe Letterese

Reprints: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #68 (September-October 1966)

Characters: Superman; Supergirl

Pages: 1.000

Script: Mort Weisinger [as Editor]

Pencils: Curt Swan (logo illustration)

Inks: Stan Kaye (logo illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: includes letters from Walter Noga, Wayne Paske, Danny Phelan, Anne Zeek, Dean Norman, Ronald Lehr, Greg Frownfelter, Elmer Woods

Title: Get a Grip on Your Gripes!

Synopsis: Fred loses his temper all the time until he is confronted by Joe.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Bernard Baily

Inks: Bernard Baily

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Title: The Second Supergirl!

Characters: Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Marvel Maid [Lea Lindy] (origin); Marvel Man [Ken Clark] (origin); Superman

Synopsis: Supergirl travels to an Earth-like world to use her super-powers publicly to prove to Superman that she is ready to be revealed to the real world. On this world she discovers Marvel Maid, who has powers like Supergirl but is able to act freely, and Marvel Man who has powers like Superman but must hide his abilities.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Jim Mooney

Inks: Jim Mooney

Letters: Milt Snapinn ?

Notes: Story continues in Action Comics #273.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	2	1	2	1	2	4	8	4	4	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	49
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	5	2	1	2	1	3	4	8	4	4	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	52

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