Westside : TOOL OF THE TRADE

A typewriter that can practically leap tall buildings in a single bound is for sale in Beverly Hills. Its asking price is tall enough, too--$65,000. That’s because Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel used it to spin the original tales of the Man of Steel. Pacific Comic Exchange is selling the Royal.

The same company sold the world’s most expensive comic book--Action Comics No. 1--for $137,500 this year, said President Robert Roter.