Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman —and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).

Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book / magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman —and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2021).

Action Comics #1 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1938. It was published on April 18, 1938. As a distant planet is destroyed by old age, a scientist places his infant son in a space capsule and launches it toward Earth.

As a distant planet was destroyed by old age, a scientist placed his infant son within a hastily devised space-ship, launching it toward Earth! A space vehicle from a destroyed world lands on Earth, and its occupant becomes Superman. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is given.

Jan 25, 2025 · Now, we’ve got one more to get you excited about: Action Comics #1 — in full, Golden Age dimensions. Yep, this one’s coming for April 18’s DC-sponsored Superman Day, but it will be in stores the Wednesday before, April 16. …

Action Comics is the second longest running comic book series of all time, with only Detective 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 …

Apr 10, 2024 · Now, a copy of that original 1938 Superman comic book—called Action Comics No. 1 —has sold for $6 million. The artifact, which an unidentified buyer purchased during a Heritage Auctions sale on...

Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the debut of Superman. Art by Joe Shuster. Action Comics is an American comic book / magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters.

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...