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Action Comics #125 Featuring the Thrill-A-Minute Feats of Superman in the Adventure That Rocked Metropolis!
Cover Date: October, 1948
The Modern Nostradamus (Superman) -- 2. Man Against Manhunter (Congo Bill) -- 3. Bebe -- 4. Casey the Cop -- 5. The Phoney Pitchman (Zatara) -- 6. Daffy & Doodle -- 7. Captain Tootsie -- 8. The Reluctant Annie Oakley (Vigilante) The Daily Plane ...
Issue Description
The Modern Nostradamus (Superman) -- 2. Man Against Manhunter (Congo Bill) -- 3. Bebe -- 4. Casey the Cop -- 5. The Phoney Pitchman (Zatara) -- 6. Daffy & Doodle -- 7. Captain Tootsie -- 8. The Reluctant Annie Oakley (Vigilante)The Daily Planet is visited by an old man claiming to be the New Nostradamus, and makes a prediction that a giant meteor will hit Metropolis that day.
Sure enough, shortly afterwards a meteor does come streaking towards the city, and Superman manages to prevent its impact in the nick of time.
When Lois and Clark track down Nostradamus to a cave outside the city, he makes another prediction that the following night will be turned into day.
Again, the prediction appears to come true when a giant fire starts in the city. Superman again goes into action to put the fire out.
While he is doing this, however, a crook observes him changing from Clark into Superman so it seems his secret identity has been compromised.
It turns out that Luthor is responsible for attacks on Metropolis, as he has a giant cannon out in the hills which he used to fire in first the "meteor" and then a phosphorus bomb to generate intense light.
His next plan is to get Nostradamus to predict a huge earthquake to get everyone to flee the city so he can walk in and rob it.
The next day, as everyone is evacuating the city, Superman observes one car going in the wrong direction and discovers Luthor and his plans. Superman makes the earthquake prediction come true by causing the ground around Luthor's car to open up.
However, Luthor thinks he has a trump card, since the crook has told him Superman's identity. Superman has to arrange a public demonstration in which he uses super-speed to make it appear that Clark and Superman are visible at the same time.
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)Please first Sign In before leaving a review.
