Issue Description

Witness the origin and first appearance of Supergirl in "The Supergirl from Krypton!" Kara Zor-El, Superman's long-lost cousin, arrives on Earth and adopts a secret identity to aid Superman in the ongoing fight for truth and justice!

Cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.

"The Menace of Metallo!" written by Robert Bernstein, penciled and inked by Al Plastino.

"Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!" written by Robert Bernstein, penciled and inked by Howard Sherman.

"The Supergirl From Krypton!" written by Otto Binder, penciled and inked by Al Plastino.Superman - The Menace of Metallo!

Through the years you have seen Superman locked in titanic battles with the most bizarre villains in history! But now he meets his newest foe... the most incredible and dangerous of them all... The Menace of Metallo! Reprinted in Superman Annual #2, Superman #217, Showcase Presents: Superman #1 & Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #2.

Congorilla - Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!

Usually, the only "war" a gorilla fights is the war of survival against hostile hunters! Never does he take the side of a man, his chief enemy! But just as Congorilla is no ordinary gorilla, the wars he wages are no ordinary wars! Take the amazing man-ape's fantastic struggle one time against a small army of desperate men who have decreed that... Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!

Supergirl - The Supergirl From Krypton!

As we all know, Superman arrived on Earth in a space rocket long ago, when he was Superbaby! The Man of Steel has always thought he was the sole survivor of the tragic catastrophe that destroyed his home world, Krypton! But fate has many strange twists! And the happiest even in Superman's lonely life occurs one day, which will astound and delight all fans of Superman too! For this is not an ordinary tale of Superman, but the launching of a new member of our "super family!" So, without further ado, we take pride in introducing... The Supergirl From Krypton! Reprinted in Superman Annual #1, Action Comics #334, Secret Origins #2, DC Special Series #19, Supergirl Archives #1, Superman in the Fifties & Showcase Presents: Superman #1.

All stories reprinted in: DC Silver Age Classics: Action Comics #252 & Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252.

The first appearance of Supergirl!

"The Supergirl from Krypton" - Superman witnesses a rocket crash and is amazed to find a girl with a costume like his own emerge, unscathed. She seems to have all the same powers he does too. How can this be?

Also notable as the first appearance of Metallo.

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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