Issue Description

Cover by Curt Swan and Dick Giordano and Carmine Infantino."The Secrets of Superman's Fortress" written by Leo Dorfman, penciled by Curt Swan and inked by Murphy Anderson. (Superman, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen)
While showing Lois around his Fortress of Solitude, she notices a room forbidden to visitors. Within the room is a memento of Althera, leader of a race of Space Amazons, that Superman encountered on his way back from a space mission. On a remote jungle planet, Superman encounters some primitive natives enslaved by the Amazons. While aiding the primitives, Superman falls in love with Althera, leader of the Amazon race that are descendants of birds. Believing Superman is of the same race because he can fly, Althera falls in love with him too. When Superman explains they are actually of different species, Althera realizes there can be no love between them and the affair ends, but Superman still has strong feelings for her years later."The Credit Card of Catastrophe" written by Geoff Brown, penciled by Curt Swan and inked by Murphy Anderson. (Superman, Supergirl)
While visiting a charity carnival, Superman encounters a clairvoyant who gives him a credit card granting him three wishes. The next day, his powers disappear each time there is an emergency and he uses the wishes to restore his powers in each case. Later, the clairvoyant says she magically removed his powers and demands half the gold from Fort Knox to resotre them. However, Superman discovers the clairvoyant is actually Supergirl, who super-hypnotized him into believing his powers were gone, in an attempt to do an experiment to see if Superman would commit a crime under hypnosis."Cap's Hobby Center" by Henry Boltinoff.

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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