Issue Description

The Man who Put Out the Sun (Superman) -- 2. He Blasted Tokyo (Supermen of the U.S. Army) -- 3. Gags -- 4. The Blackout Blues (Vigilante) -- 5. Wings Over the Pacific (Three Aces) -- 6. Americommando and the Cinema Saboteur (Americommandos) -- 7. A Simple Job -- 8. Private Pete -- 9. The Man who Played King (Congo Bill) -- 10. Clancy the Cop -- 11. Careful Chester -- 12. Crooks - Handle with Care (Zatara)

Superman: Lois wakes up one morning to find her neighbourhood in total darkness. In the confusion, a jewelry store was robbed. While discussing it with Clark and Perry at the Planet, a report of another area of darkness is received, and Lois and Clark rush off to investigate. In the darkness, Clark switches to Superman and, as he is able to see in the darkness, he apprehends the crooks robbing a bank. One of the crooks is about to spill the beans about who his leader is, when he spots an owl flying overhead and becomes afraid to say any more.

Lois borrows the thug's goggles, which allow her to see in the darkness. Meanwhile, Superman takes the thug to his "secret mountain retreat" (first appearance of the Fortress of Solitude?), where he switches places with the thug so he can infiltrate the gang's hideout.

Returning to the jail, he arrives just in time for the other thugs to break him out of jail, believing he is one of them. Lois stows away in the trunk of the car. They drive to a cave in the mountains, where the disguised Superman and Lois meet the Night Owl, the leader of the thugs. He has done experiments with light and darkness and developed a black light projector capable of plunging city blocks into darkness. His pet owl has poisoned claws, and because the thug failed to spot Lois stowing away in the car, he is killed by an attack from the owl.

Just as the owl is about to attack Lois, Superman sheds his disguise to save her. After a final battle, Superman captures the Night Owl and his gang.

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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