Issue Description

The Devil's Playground (Superman) -- 2. Crimes in Color (Vigilante) -- 3. El Abu (Clancy the Cop) -- 4. Any Luck, Za Zu, Welcome Home (Smiles) -- 5. The Djinn (Three Aces) -- 6. Iron Giant (Mr. America and Fatman) -- 7. Pea Shooter -- 8. The Death of Congo Bill (Congo Bill) -- 9. Fights the Nazis in Europe (Zatara) Superman: Jim Gantry, owner of an amusement park, throws out some thugs who are running a gambling stall, but they threaten revenge from their boss, The Domino. Later, Lois and Clark arrive on an afternoon off, however things start to go wrong for them. Superman saves Lois when a cable on a ride snaps, then rescues Gantry from an attack by Domino's thugs. Just as Superman is about to confront the Domino, he slips away.
Changing back to Clark, Superman discovers that due to Clark's absence, Lois has hooked up with a playboy, Jeff Farnham, instead. Superman is again distracted when the Domino's thugs plant a bomb in another ride, but while he is dealing with that, Lois is abducted while with Farnham. Superman finally deals with Domino and his gang, only to discover that Farnham himself is the Domino.
 
This issue is the first (apart from Action #1) with a cover that shows a scene from the story inside. Action #2 through #45 showed general action scenes, usually featuring Superman, but they had no relation to the story.

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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