Issue Description

The Adventure of the Merchant of Murder (Superman) -- 2. Crime's Caravan (Vigilante) -- 3. After School -- 4. The Adventure of the Secret Submarine (Three Aces) -- 5. The Pied Piper of Doom (Mr. America) -- 6. The Flying Jeeps -- 7. The Dummy -- 8. Suddenly at War (Congo Bill) -- 9. The Case of the Maddening Music (Zatara) Superman: While Lois and Clark are out for a drive, they witness a car crash. Clark's x-ray vision reveals that one of the cars in the crash, supposedly new, had worn out brake linings. Investigating the car dealer, Speed Motors, Superman discovers that their used cars are made from parts salvaged from wrecks. 
Later, Lois and Clark visit Speed Motors attempting to learn more. Sid Speed, the owner, attempts to bribe them to keep them quiet, but they refuse and are thrown out. Outside, they meet private detective Jefferson Smith, who claims to be investigating the used car business. He offers Lois and Clark the use of his car to get back into town, but on the way Clark discovers that the brakes have failed. Pretending to fall out of the car, Clark changes to Superman and saves the situation.
Later, Superman follows Speed to a meeting with the mysterious Mr. Top, who is the head of the ring of used car dealers. After a fight, the building explodes and Superman is buried in the rubble after helping everyone to escape.
Back in his Clark guise, he and Lois are abducted outside the Planet building, and taken to meet Mr. Top, who turns out to be Jefferson Smith. Smith makes a second attempt to kill them by putting them in a hydraulic press. Clark manages to disable the press without arousing Lois's suspicions about his identity. As he changes to Superman and chases Smith, Smith attempts to escape in one of his faulty cars, which catches fire and kills him as he speeds away.

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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