Issue Description

Cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson."The Hero Superman Doomed to Die!" written by Cary Bates, penciled by Curt Swan and inked by Murphy Anderson."The Shocking Secret of Super-X!" written by Cary Bates, penciled by Curt Swan and inked by Murphy Anderson."The Atom's Phantom Double!" reprinted from The Atom #9.

The Hero Superman Doomed to Die!

He's totally alone, this astronaut, stranded in the soundless star-studded black void! Hopelessly far away from home... he waits... and waits... and waits... yet the Man of Steel does not fly to his rescue! Why? All is revealed in the spell-binding saga of... "The Hero Superman Doomed To Die!"

The Shocking Secret of Super-X!

Yes, who else but the Action Ace himself could have performed such an astounding feat? X stands for the unknown -- and there was no other word to describe this nameless, faceless crusader -- whose brief appearance will always remain a mystery in the annals of Metropolis U.! "The Shocking Secret of Super-X!"

The Atom's Phantom Double!

He was born in the swirling matrix of a nuclear eruption -- a duplicate Ray Palmer and The Atom! He had a phantom-like life -- but preferred the real-life existence of Ray (Atom) Palmer! He would stop at nothing to turn the real man into the phantom -- and himself become the living, breathing human being! His powers were so incredible that there appeared to be no escape from... "The Atom's Phantom Double!"

NASA have lost an astronaut in space, so who better to go rescue the poor man than Superman? But... why is Superman returning empty-handed?

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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