Action Comics

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).

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
    (vol. 2)
    57 (#1–52 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4) and 3 Annuals
    (vol. 3)
    100 (#957–1056) and 2 Annuals (as of August 2023 cover date)
Main character(s)Superman
Creative team
Written by
List
Penciller(s)
Inker(s)
List
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
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