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For the British anthology comic, see Action (comics).
"Action comics" redirects here. For the genre of comics, see Action-adventure comics.
For technical reasons, "Action Comics #1" redirects here. For the first issue, see Action Comics 1.
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Action Comics
Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the debut of Superman.
Art by Joe Shuster.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
Schedule
List
  • (vol. 1)
    Monthly: #1–600
    Weekly: #601–642
    Monthly: #643–904
    (vol. 2)
    Monthly: #1–52
    (vol. 1 cont.)
    Twice-monthly: #957–present
FormatOngoing series
Genre
  • Superhero
Publication date
List
  • (vol. 1)
    June 1938 – October 2011
    (vol. 2)
    November 2011 – July 2016
    (vol. 1 cont.)
    August 2016–present
No. of issues
List
  • (vol. 1)
    906 (#1–904 plus issues numbered 0 and 1,000,000) and 13 Annuals[1]
    (vol. 2)
    57 (#1–52 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4) and 3 Annuals[2]
    (vol. 3)
    100 (#957–1056) and 2 Annuals (as of August 2023 cover date)
Main character(s)Superman
Creative team
Written by
List
  • Vol. 1:
    Jerry Siegel (1-61, 69, 72-77, 81-83, 87, 97-98, 101, 104-105, 259, 261, 264-287, 289-291, 299, 322, 326, 338, 341, 351-352, 360, 373, 377, 388, 544), Robert Bernstein
    Otto Binder
    Jim Shooter
    Elliot S. Maggin
    Cary Bates
    Martin Pasko
    Len Wein
    George Pérez, John Byrne (584-600, Annual #1), Roger Stern (601–642, 644–657, 659–665, 667–693, 696–700, 737, Annual #2–3), Marv Wolfman (513–516, 525–536, 539–546, 551–554, 556, 613–618, 627–628), Kurt Busiek
    Gail Simone
    Greg Rucka
    vol. 2:
    Andy Diggle
    Scott Lobdell
    Grant Morrison
    Greg Pak
    vol. 1 cont.:
    Dan Jurgens
    Brian Michael Bendis
    Phillip Kennedy Johnson
    Jason Aaron
    Joshua Williamson
Penciller(s)
List
  • vol. 1:
    Joe Shuster
    Wayne Boring
    Al Plastino
    Jim Mooney
    Ross Andru
    Curt Swan
    Dick Dillin
    Dick Giordano
    Mike Grell
    Kurt Schaffenberger
    Gil Kane
    Irv Novick
    John Byrne
    George Pérez
    Stuart Immonen
    Bob McLeod
    Pasqual Ferry
    Talent Caldwell
    Ivan Reis
    Joe Prado
    Ed Benes
    Adam Kubert
    Pete Woods
    Gary Frank
    Eddy Barrows
    vol. 2:
    Rags Morales
    Tony Daniel
    Andy Kubert
    Aaron Kuder
Inker(s)
List
  • vol. 1:
    Murphy Anderson
    Tex Blaisdell
    Frank Chiaramonte
    Dick Giordano
    Bob Oksner
    Brett Breeding
    Denis Rodier
    Ty Templeton
    vol. 2:
    Rick Bryant
    John Dell
Collected editions
Superman Chronicles Vol 1ISBN 1-4012-0764-2
Superman Chronicles Vol 2ISBN 1-4012-1215-8
Superman in the FortiesISBN 1-4012-0457-0
Archives Vol 1ISBN 1-5638-9335-5
Archives Vol 2ISBN 1-5638-9426-2
Archives Vol 3ISBN 1-5638-9710-5
Archives Vol 4ISBN 1-4012-0408-2
Archives Vol 5ISBN 1-4012-1188-7

Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. The second volume of Action Comics beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. Action Comics returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016).

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