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Action Comics (1938—Present)

Action Comics (Volume 1)

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Dates Published

June, 1938–Ongoing
Action Comics is the second longest running comic book series of all time, with onlyDetective Comics (Volume 1) having been published longer. In 2018, it became only the second American comic book in history (after the 1930s-1960s Dell Comics titleFour Color) to publish a 1,000th issue.

Aside from its venerable publication history,Action Comics is more famously known as the birthplace ofSuperman, the most well-known super-hero in the world. Superman made his first appearance in June of1938 in the title sequence story fromAction Comics #1.

For the first several years of publication,Action Comics existed as an anthology series, featuring multiple twelve-page stories featuring a variety of characters ranging fromCongo Bill toZatara. By the 1950s, the popularity of Superman had reached such a zenith, that the title became informally regarded as a "Superman" title. By the 1970s,Action Comics featured Superman exclusively with occasional eight-page back-up stories spotlighting various characters such as theAtom orAquaman. For a year in 1969 and 1970 the back-up story was home to theLegion of Super-Heroes.

In the mid-1980s,Action Comics endured several format changes. In September of 1986, the title went on a four-month publishing hiatus, in order to prepare for thePost-Crisis Superman relaunch event. The editors of DC Comics wanted to produce three regular ongoing Superman titles. Beginning in January of1987,Action Comics became aSuperman team-up book, following the format of the late comic title,DC Comics Presents. It maintained this status until the celebrated 50th anniversary landmark600th issue. Fromissue #601–642,Action Comics became a 48-page anthology series again, however this time issues were distributed on a weekly basis and the title was officially changed toAction Comics Weekly. Withissue #643,Action Comics Weekly reverted to its original monthly publication, and the title was changed back toAction Comics. Its brief tenure as a weekly contributed toAction passing the olderDetective Comics in issue count.

With the return of a monthly publishing schedule, Superman stories began to follow a chapter-based continuity, with storylines moving from one title to the next. In order to provide an easily accessible reading order for consumers, the DC editorial staff began using a secondary numbering system displayed on the cover of each issue. These continuity markers were informally known as the "triangle" numbers, and were recycled at the end of each publishing year. Every Superman comic book published from the mid to late 1990s (including Annuals and Specials) possessed a sequential chapter number on the cover. Eventually, writers began containing their storylines to single titles again and the DC editors ceased providing the chapter markers on the covers. This practice was resurrected for the two year New Krypton storyline.

In 2011, as part ofThe New 52 reboot, the numbering ofAction Comics was reset at #1 and a "Volume 2" was launched. This proved to be only temporary, however, as five years later the legacy numbering was restored, allowingAction to reach the 1,000-issue milestone two years later (coinciding with the 80th anniversary of both the magazine and of Superman).

Index of Features

Golden Age

Silver Age

Bronze Age

Post-Crisis

Action Comics Weekly

Post-Crisis, Continued

Post-Rebirth

Issues

0–50


51–100


101–150


151–200


201–250


251–300


301–350


351–400


401–450


451–500


501–550


551–600


601–650


651–700


701–750


751–800


801–850


851–904


2011–2016: Publication ofAction Comics (Volume 2) is counted as issues 905-956

957–1000

1001–1050


1051-present

Annuals

Specials

Collections


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