Issue Description

Cover by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano."Superman, You're Dead...Dead...Dead!" written by Leo Dorfman, penciled by Curt Swan and inked by Murphy Anderson. While trying to stop an experimental power plant disaster, Superman is transported to the distant future - a future where he has already died 3 times over! There, he discovers historic figures such as Custer, Lincoln and Washington, all of whom were transported just before their historical deaths. All these figures are being used as exhibits in an advanced history class in the future. Superman is shown records of history as viewed by the future civilization, and discovers that twice in the past he was about to die, but each time the scientists of the day produced a copy of him to replace the one that died. He is the third version of Superman, but due to instability of the protoplasm used to created him, when he dies he cannot be replaced. Although reluctant to return to his past and what he believes is certain death, Superman is persuaded to return, otherwise he would disrupt the time stream and cause the deaths of billions. Upon returning however, he discovers that he doesn't die, and that the 'future' to which he was transported was in a parallel dimension so doesn't represent his own future."Superbaby's Lost World!" An "Untold Tale of Superman's Childhood" story. written by Geoff Brown, penciled by Curt Swan and inked by Murphy Anderson. While visiting a prehistoric theme park, baby Clark gets separated from the Kents. He links up with a pair of criminals who 'adopt' him in an attempt to appear as a family and thus escape the police. However, Superbaby repeatedly uses his powers to save the criminals from various accidents, in the process scaring them so much they surrender to the police.

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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