Issue Description

The Wish That Came True (Superman) -- 2. The Treasure Trap (Congo Bill) -- 3. The Toys that Saved the Town (Zatara) -- 4. That Wonderful Place (Hayfoot Henry) -- 5. Little Ozzie -- 6. The Man Who Stole the Rainbow (Vigilante)  Seven year old Arthur Parrish is the son of famous jewel expert Amos Parrish, and lives in the Parrish estate outside Metropolis. Arthur idolizes Superman and, one day, writes a letter inviting Superman to come for a visit. He "posts" the letter in an old tree trunk, but a crow steals the letter.
Later, the crow is shot by a farmhand on a farm near the Parrish estate. The farmhand reads the letter and dresses up as Superman to pay Arthur a visit. Once inside, he opens the safe and steals a bag full of jewels. Arthur is devastated to discover that his idol is a common thief, and vows to track down Superman and make him return the jewels, so he runs away from the estate.
Eventually, Arthur makes his way to the Planet office and tells his story. Superman returns him to his father and decides to find the real thief to put Arthur's mind at rest. First, he tries disguising himself and visiting various pawn shops but can't find the jewels.
Investigating further back at the Parrish estate, Superman discovers the tree trunk and a crow feather nearby, so deduces that the crow made off with Arthur's letter, and thus that the real thief must live near to the estate.
To force the thief to reveal himself, Superman builds a smoky fire out of wet leaves and uses the smoke to fake a tornado. Nearby residents salvage their valuables and head for safety, where Superman discovers the jewels on the farmhand.

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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