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Title: | Action Comics |
Publisher: | DC |
Year Began: | 1938 |
Year Ended: | 2011 |
Country: | United States |
Format: | |
Description: | The fourth ongoing title of original material published by DC, and the second pubished by Detective Comics, Inc. This is the last series DC founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was involved in; he was forced out of the company prior to the publication of the first issue. Like DC's previous titles, Action Comics was originally an anthology title featuring a number of different strips. The most notable, of course, debuting in the first issue, was Superman, which is widely regarded as the first superhero strip, and quickly spawned a flood of imitators. Other features in addition to Superman included Zatara, a magician; Tex Thompson, who eventually became Mr. America and later the Americommando; and Vigilante. Although Action Comics was not the first American comic book to feature all original material rather than reprints, the popularity of Superman in particular made the book enormously popular, and its success kicked off what is generally referred to as the "Golden Age" of American comic books. The title originally had rotating cover features, but once Superman was identified as the title's money maker he became the permanent cover feature. Over time, as the number of pages dropped, the title dropped the number of carried features. Superman remained the lead feature, and at times the sole feature, through the 1980s. Following DC's Crisis on Infinite Earth's series in 1985 John Byrne took over the Superman titles and Action Comics became a Superman team-up title. For nearly a year in 1988 & 1989 the title became a weekly anthology book once more. The lead feature during this period was Green Lantern rather than Superman. Following this period the title resumed monthly publication, and Superman again became the sole feature of the title. The series eventually ended when DC relaunched all their titles as part of their "New 52" event. |
Issue | Vol | Year | # Assigned |
2 | July 1938 |
1
| |
15 | 2 | August 1939 |
1
|
23 | April 1940 |
2
| |
27 | August 1940 |
1
| |
43 | December 1941 |
2
| |
54 | November 1942 |
1
| |
89 | October 1945 |
1
| |
230 | July 1957 |
1
| |
242 | July 1958 |
4
| |
246 | November 1958 |
1
| |
251 | April 1959 |
1
| |
252 | May 1959 |
3
| |
254 | July 1959 |
1
| |
266 | July 1960 |
1
| |
276 | May 1961 |
1
| |
293 | October 1962 |
1
| |
298 | March 1963 |
1
| |
313 | June 1964 |
1
| |
317 | October 1964 |
1
| |
334 | March 1966 |
1
| |
335 | March 1966 |
1
| |
336 | April 1966 |
1
| |
339 | July 1966 |
2
| |
340 | August 1966 |
2
| |
342 | October 1966 |
1
| |
343 | November 1966 |
1
| |
344 | December 1966 |
1
| |
345 | January 1967 |
1
| |
346 | February 1967 |
1
| |
348 | March 1967 |
1
| |
350 | May 1967 |
1
| |
360 | March-April 1968 |
1
| |
361 | March 1968 |
1
| |
371 | January 1969 |
1
| |
374 | March 1969 |
1
| |
375 | April 1969 |
1
| |
378 | July 1969 |
1
| |
379 | August 1969 |
1
| |
384 | January 1970 |
1
| |
389 | June 1970 |
1
| |
393 | October 1970 |
2
| |
395 | December 1970 |
1
| |
397 | February 1971 |
1
| |
398 | March 1971 |
1
| |
399 | April 1971 |
1
| |
400 | May 1971 |
1
| |
403 | August 1971 |
1
| |
404 | September 1971 |
1
| |
410 | 35 | March 1972 |
3
|
411 | 35 | April 1972 |
1
|
414 | 35 | July 1972 |
1
|
416 | 35 | September 1972 |
1
|
417 | 35 | October 1972 |
2
|
419 | 35 | December 1972 |
1
|
420 | 36 | January 1973 |
2
|
425 | 36 | July 1973 |
2
|
427 | 36 | September 1973 |
1
|
428 | 36 | October 1973 |
2
|
435 | 37 | May 1974 |
1
|
437 | 37 | July 1974 |
3
|
443 | 38 | January 1975 |
3
|
452 | 38 | October 1975 |
1
|
459 | 39 | May 1976 |
1
|
461 | 39 | July 1976 |
1
|
466 | 39 | December 1976 |
1
|
468 | 40 | February 1977 |
1
|
470 | 40 | April 1977 |
1
|
471 | 40 | May 1977 |
1
|
472 | 40 | June 1977 |
1
|
473 | 40 | July 1977 |
1
|
477 | 40 | November 1977 |
1
|
481 | 41 | March 1978 |
1
|
483 | 41 | May 1978 |
1
|
484 | 41 | June 1978 |
2
|
485 ( Whitman) | 41 | July 1978 |
1
|
486 | 41 | August 1978 |
1
|
487 | 41 | September 1978 |
1
|
489 | 41 | November 1978 |
1
|
490 ( Whitman) | 41 | December 1978 |
1
|
491 | 42 | January 1979 |
1
|
492 ( Whitman) | 42 | February 1979 |
1
|
493 | 42 | March 1979 |
1
|
494 | 42 | April 1979 |
1
|
495 | 42 | May 1979 |
1
|
498 | 42 | August 1979 |
1
|
499 | 42 | September 1979 |
1
|
500 | 42 | October 1979 |
1
|
501 | 42 | November 1979 |
1
|
506 | 43 | April 1980 |
1
|
507 | 43 | May 1980 |
1
|
514 | 43 | December 1980 |
1
|
518 | 44 | April 1981 |
1
|
519 | 44 | May 1981 |
1
|
520 | 44 | June 1981 |
1
|
531 | 45 | May 1982 |
2
|
532 | 45 | June 1982 |
1
|
533 | 45 | July 1982 |
1
|
534 | 45 | August 1982 |
1
|
535 | 45 | September 1982 |
1
|
536 | 45 | October 1982 |
1
|
537 | 45 | November 1982 |
1
|
538 ( Canadian) | 45 | December 1982 |
1
|
539 | 46 | January 1983 |
1
|
540 | 46 | February 1983 |
2
|
541 | 46 | March 1983 |
1
|
542 | 46 | April 1983 |
1
|
544 | 46 | June 1983 |
3
|
545 | 46 | July 1983 |
1
|
546 | 46 | August 1983 |
1
|
547 | 46 | September 1983 |
1
|
550 | 46 | December 1983 |
1
|
555 | May 1984 |
1
| |
557 | July 1984 |
1
| |
559 | September 1984 |
1
| |
560 ( Canadian) | October 1984 |
1
| |
563 ( Canadian) | January 1985 |
1
| |
564 | February 1985 |
1
| |
565 ( Canadian) | March 1985 |
1
| |
566 | April 1985 |
1
| |
571 | September 1985 |
1
| |
573 | November 1985 |
1
| |
574 | December 1985 |
1
| |
575 | January 1986 |
1
| |
578 | April 1986 |
1
| |
581 | July 1986 |
1
| |
582 | August 1986 |
1
| |
583 | September 1986 |
4
| |
584 | January 1987 |
1
| |
585 | February 1987 |
1
| |
587 | April 1987 |
1
| |
590 | July 1987 |
1
| |
593 | October 1987 |
1
| |
594 | November 1987 |
1
| |
595 | December 1987 |
1
| |
597 | February 1988 |
1
| |
598 | March 1988 |
2
| |
599 | April 1988 |
1
| |
600 | May 1988 |
2
| |
643 | July 1989 |
2
| |
652 | April 1990 |
1
| |
658 | October 1990 |
1
| |
662 | February 1991 |
2
| |
663 | March 1991 |
1
| |
665 | May 1991 |
1
| |
666 | June 1991 |
1
| |
675 | March 1992 |
1
| |
676 | April 1992 |
1
| |
677 | May 1992 |
1
| |
678 | June 1992 |
1
| |
679 | July 1992 |
1
| |
682 | October 1992 |
1
| |
683 | November 1992 |
2
| |
683 ( 2nd Printing) | November 1992 |
1
| |
684 | December 1992 |
7
| |
684 ( Newsstand) | December 1992 |
1
| |
685 | January 1993 |
3
| |
685 ( 3rd Printing) | January 1993 |
1
| |
685 ( 2nd Printing) | January 1993 |
1
| |
686 | February 1993 |
4
| |
687 | June 1993 |
2
| |
687 [Collector's Edition] | June 1993 |
3
| |
688 | Early July 1993 |
2
| |
689 | Late July 1993 |
3
| |
690 | August 1993 |
1
| |
691 | September 1993 |
2
| |
692 | October 1993 |
1
| |
696 | February 1994 |
1
| |
697 | March 1994 |
1
| |
700 | June 1994 |
2
| |
727 | November 1996 |
1
| |
775 | March 2001 |
1
| |
780 | August 2001 |
1
| |
800 | April 2003 |
1
| |
812 ( Second Printing) | April 2004 |
1
| |
835 | March 2006 |
1
| |
852 | September 2007 |
1
| |
869 ( Recalled Edition) | November 2008 |
1
| |
900 ( Adam Hughes Cover) | June 2011 |
1
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