Issue Description

The Reformation of Nancy Thorgenson (Superman) -- 2. The Summer Job (Pep Morgan) -- 3. The Death of Avila (Black Pirate) -- 4. Private Pete -- 5. In the Bering Straits (Three Aces) -- 6. Middy the Marine -- 7. The Purple Gang (Mr. America) -- 8. Birds of a Feather -- 9. The Adventure of the Prehistoric Valley (Congo Bill) -- 10. Preview of Star Spangled Kid -- 11. The Duped Daughter (Zatara) Superman: An ad placed in Metropolis papers asking for Superman's help leads him to billionaire Morgan Thorgenson. Thorgenson's daughter Nancy is misbehaving, and Thorgenson wants Superman to reform her. Superman agrees provided Thorgenson donates $100,000 to charity.
His first encounter with Nancy is at a crooked casino, where Nancy is losing heavily due to a rigged roulette table. Superman gets the casino to make good all Nancy's losses or face violence, but afterwards the casino sends a car to intercept Nancy and get back the money. Although Superman deals with the thugs, Nancy is unappreciative and refuses to cooperate. However, Superman takes her home, where he foils an attempt by a playboy to elope with her, and then rejects her advances when she attemps to seduce him to win him over.
At this point, a rather bizarre twist in the plot has a dam burst, and Thorgenson's mansion is swept away in the flood. Superman saves the mansion and flies off to help other victims. After he returns from diverting the flood, he finds that Nancy has worked tirelessly helping flood victims and now vows to devote her life to helping the needy.

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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