Issue Description

The Man Who Was Honest (Superman) -- 2. Floating Gold (Congo Bill) -- 3. The Canines and the Crooks (Zatara) -- 4. Dr. Specs -- 5. The Goshawful Ghost (Hayfoot Henry) -- 6. Jerry the Jitterbug -- 7. Wheels of Danger (Vigilante).

Cover: A giant Superman holds a magnifying glass over various citizens. 

 After attending a lecture by criminal psychologist Dr Carl Sand, Lois writes a feature in the Planet reporting Sand as saying there isn't a single honest man in Metropolis. When the article sparks a lot of interest and causes offence, Lois is assigned to try to find someone who is completely honest.
With Superman's help, she visits several people, but they all fall short of the required standard until they visit photographer Sam Nichols, who seems completely honest, but isn't interested in being interviewed. 
As Superman and Lois leave Nichols's studio, they notice three gangsters going in to visit him. They think nothing of it at the time, as the gangsters aren't currently wanted by the police, but the next day, a diamond cutter's shop is bombed and robbed, and a witness claims to have heard one of the robbers use the name of the gangsters.
Superman realizes the gangsters had visited the photographer to get themselves photographed in front of the Planet building showing a date and time to give them an alibi. He tracks them to their lair and claims that Nichols's testimony will convict them.
The gangsters, obviously, decide they need to dispose of Nichols and destroy the photographic evidence, but Superman arranges for Nichols to photograph the gangsters instead.

Action Comics (1938)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

In the early days of comics books, it was not the convention to name comics after specific characters. Rather comics bore generic names such as this one. Although this series featured Superman throughout, it thus bore this name, one which it has become famous for (and the name was kept after the launch of The New 52.) It was the fourth DC Comics title, and the first new one produced after Detective Comics spread beyond the one title (this was after it purchased More Fun Comics and New Adventure Comics.)

Starring: Lex Luthor (starting #890) until #900.

Second Feature: Captain Atom (#879-#889), Superboy (#892), Jimmy Olsen (#893-#896)

(Issues #601-642 are filed under Action Comics Weekly)

Collected EditionsSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus vol. 1 (#1-31)Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane vol. 1 (#539-541, 545, 546 & #551-554)Superman vs. Darkseid (#586)They Saved Luthor's Brain (#600, #668, #670-673, #676-678 )Panic in the Sky (#674-675)Death of Superman (#683-684)World Without Superman (#685-686)Superman: Funeral For A Friend (#685-686)Superman: Reign of the Supermen (#687-688)The Trial of Superman (#716-717)Transformed! (#729 & 732)DC Comics Presents: Superman #4 (#768, #771-773)Superman: Emperor Joker (#769-770)President Lex (#773)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book One (#780-781)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book Two (#782)Superman: Ending Battle (#795-796)DC Comics Presents: Superman #2 (#798)Godfall (Action Comics #812- 813, Adventures of Superman #625- 626 and Superman #202- 203)Superman: The Wrath of Gog (#814-819; backups #812-813)Superman: Sacrifice (Action Comics #829, Superman #218-220, Adventures of Superman #642-643 and Wonder Woman #219-220)Superman: Up, Up and Away! (#837-840)Superman: Back In Action (#841-843, plus stories from DC Comics Presents #4, #17 and #24)Superman: Last Son (#844-846, #851 and Action Comics Annual #11)The Third Kryptonian (Superman #668-670, Action Comics #847, Superman Annual #13)Redemption (Superman #659&666, Action Comics #848-849)3-2-1 Action (Superman #665, Action Comics #852-854, Legends of the DC Universe #14)Superman: Escape From Bizarro World (#855-857)Superman And The Legion of Super-Heroes (#858-863)Superman: Brainiac (#866-870)Superman: New Krypton Vol. 1 (#871)Superman: New Krypton Vol. 2 (#872-873)Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 1 (#875-879 and Action Comics Annual #12)Superman: Codename Patriot (#880)Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 2 (#883-889, Superman #696 and Adventure Comics #8-10)Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 1 (#890-895)Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 2 (#896-900; Action Comics Annual #13; Secret Six #29)Secret Six: Caution To the Wind (#897)Superman: Reign of Doomsday (#900-904)For Post-Flashpoint refer to Action Comics (Vol. 2)

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