Issue Description

The Wizard of Winter (Superman)Take 'Em Alive (Congo Bill)ShortyCopy-Cat, Copy-Cat (Zatara)Daffy & DoodleThe Jealous Swain (Hayfoot Henry)The Boy Who Wasn't Big Enough (Vigilante)Kayo Rembrandt.

"A 52 page magazine"

Cover: Even Superman as the man of snow can take down the bad guy, another snowman.

Scam artist Wolfingham is at it again. He acquires some land in the arctic which is warmed by a volcanic spring, and sells an interest in the land to property developer Jack Muldoon. Muldoon has a reputation for creating beautiful parks and houses out of wasteland, so the prospect of a tropical paradise in the arctic is too much for him to resist.

Some months later, Clark is covering a new arctic flight route devised by a commercial airline. On his way home, the passengers of the aircraft spot a figure struggling through the icy wastes on the ground. Pretending to fall out of the plane, Clark drops to the ground as Superman to rescue the man, only to discover that it is Muldoon. His plans to develop the arctic wasteland have foundered because of faulty equipment.

When Superman hears his story and discovers that Wolfingham is responsible for selling Muldoon the land, he promises to create the tropical paradise on which Muldoon has his heart set. He carries an island from the tropics to the arctic and builds the resort around it so that Muldoon can see his dream come true.

When Wolfingham reads the story in the Planet, he devises a new scam in which he sells arctic property to residents of Metropolis, even though the tropical paradise is only temporary. However, Superman shapes the valley and installs dozens of mirrors to focus the sun's rays for warmth so that, in the arctic summer at least, the tropical paradise will remain.

Finally Superman manages to reclaim Wolfingham's scammed money through a legal technicality.

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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