Issue Description

The Coal Mine Heiress (Superman) -- 2. The Sailing Spies (Pep Morgan) -- 3. Trapped on the Junk (Black Pirate) -- 4. True-isms -- 5. The Treasure of Kublai Khan pt II (Three Aces) -- 6. Shorty -- 7. The Munitions Magnate (Mr. America) -- 8. Safe Passage -- 9. The Giant of the Lumberjacks (Clip Carson) -- 10. Peter and His Pup -- 11. It's a Fact -- 12. Danny Dubb -- 13. Get Zatara (Zatara) Superman: Young Doris Laurey has just come of age and inherited her late father's coal mines, which she plans to run herself, with the help of her uncle. When Clark and Lois visit the mines trying to get an interview with Doris, they are thrown out by the guards. Clark is suspicious of Doris's uncle, so he returns to the mines as Superman and discovers that the uncle plans to kill Doris is a staged mining accident. While Doris is inspecting a new shaft, the uncle and his crony Crawford release a coal car down the track where it will hit and kill Doris. Superman arrives just in time to save her, but an explosion buries them in the mine. Superman digs them out and Doris returns to her uncle, not realizing he is the one behind the 'accidents'. The uncle tries again to kill Doris by offering her a poisoned drink, but again Superman arrives to save her. Laurey tricks Doris and Superman into entering a compression chamber in yet another attempt to kill them, but Superman breaks free. Finally, Laurey announces that he has set a time bomb in the main mine shaft and it will explode in 10 seconds, killing all the miners. Superman prevents the explosion just in time, and captures Laurey and Crawford.

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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