Action Comics (1938)
Volume 1
Name:
Action Comics
Start year:
1938
Publisher:
Aliases:
Continued in Action Comics Volume 2.
In the early days of comics books, it was not the convention to name comics after specific characters. Rather comics bore generic names such as this one. Although this series featured Superman throughout, it thus bore this name, one which it has become famous for (and the name was kept after the launch of The New 52.) It was the fourth DC Comics title, and the first new one produced after Detective Comics spread beyond the one title (this was after it purchased More Fun Comics and New Adventure Comics.) Originally an anthology series that featured several co-starring characters. As the page size of the series was reduced so to with the co-starring features. When Action Comics was reduced to 32 pages; it only contained one co-starring feature all the way up to the late Bronze Age. With the start of the Modern Age, Action Comics temporarily became a Superman team-up feature until issue #599.
Notable Characters featured in Action Comics:
- Zatara
- Pep Morgan
- Tex Thompson
- Three Aces (Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will)
- Vigilante and Stuff
- Tommy Tomorrow
- Congo Bill/Congorilla
- Supergirl
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Human Target
- Green Arrow
- Aquaman
- The Atom
- Air-Wave
- Lex Luthor (starting #890) until #900.
- Captain Atom (#879-#889)
- Superboy (#892)
- Jimmy Olsen (#893-#896)
- (Annuals filed under Action Comics Annual)
- (Issues #601-642 are filed under Action Comics Weekly)
Collected Editions
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus vol. 1 (#1-31)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (#32-47)
- Superman: The Golden Age Volume Three (#32-40)
- Superman: The Golden Age Volume Four (#41-47)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (#48-63)
- Superman: The Golden Age Volume Five (#48-57)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 (#66-85)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 (#86-105)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 (#106-125)
- Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (#336)
- Superman: Panic In the Sky (#474-475)
- Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane vol. 1 (#539-541, 545, 546 & #551-554)
- DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (#583)
- Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1 (#584-587)
- Superman vs. Darkseid (#586)
- Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 2 (#588-593)
- Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 3 (#594-597)
- They Saved Luthor's Brain (#600, #668, #670-673, #676-678)
- Superman: The Exile & Other Stories Omnibus (#643-646)
- Adventures of Superman by George Perez (#643-652)
- Panic in the Sky (#674-675)
- Death of Superman (#683-684)
- Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (#683-692)
- World Without Superman (#685-686)
- Superman: Funeral For A Friend (#685-686)
- Superman: Reign of the Supermen (#687-688)
- Superman: Zero Hour (#703 & 0)
- Zero Hour: Crisis In Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus (#703)
- The Trial of Superman (#716-717)
- Transformed! (#729 & 732)
- Superman Blue (#732-734)
- Superman: The City of Tomorrow Volume 1 (#760-763)
- Superman: The City of Tomorrow Volume 2 (#764-768)
- DC Comics Presents: Superman #4 (#768, #771-773)
- Superman: Emperor Joker (#769-770)
- President Lex (#773)
- Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book One (#780-781)
- Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book Two (#782)
- Superman: Ending Battle (#795-796)
- DC Comics Presents: Superman #2 (#798)
- Godfall (#812- 813, Adventures of Superman #625- 626 and Superman #202- 203)
- Superman: The Wrath of Gog (#814-819; backups #812-813)
- Superman: Sacrifice (#829, Superman #218-220, Adventures of Superman #642-643 and Wonder Woman #219-220)
- Superman: Up, Up and Away! (#837-840)
- Superman: Back In Action (#841-843, plus stories from DC Comics Presents #4, #17 and #24)
- Superman: Last Son (#844-846, #851 and Action Comics Annual #11)
- Superman: The Last Son: The Deluxe Edition (#844-846, 851 & 866-870)
- The Third Kryptonian (Superman #668-670, Action Comics #847, Superman Annual #13)
- Redemption (Superman #659 & 666, Action Comics #848-849)
- 3-2-1 Action (#852-854, Superman #665 , Legends of the DC Universe #14)
- Superman: Escape From Bizarro World (#855-857)
- Superman And The Legion of Super-Heroes (#858-863)
- Superman: Brainiac (#866-870)
- Superman: New Krypton Vol. 1 (#871)
- Superman: New Krypton Vol. 2 (#872-873)
- Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 1 (#875-879 and Action Comics Annual #12)
- Superman: Codename Patriot (#880)
- Supergirl: The Hunt For Reactron (#881-882)
- Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 2 (#883-889, Superman #696 and Adventure Comics #8-10)
- Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 1 (#890-895)
- Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 2 (#896-900; Action Comics Annual #13; Secret Six #29)
- Secret Six: Caution To the Wind (#897)
- Superman: Reign of Doomsday (#900-904)
Omnibus Editions
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus vol. 1 (#1-31)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (#32-47)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 (#48-63)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 (#66-85)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 (#86-105)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 (#106-125)
- Superman: The Exile & Other Stories Omnibus (#643-646)
- Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (#683-692)
- Zero Hour: Crisis In Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus (#703)
