Issue Description

Design for Doom (Superman) -- 2. Robert L. Golay (Supermen of the U.S. Army) -- 3. Laffs -- 4. Melody of Menace (Vigilante) -- 5. Clancy the Cop -- 6. War Hawks of Greenland (Three Aces) -- 7. The Man the Whole World Feared (Americommandos) -- 8. The Traitor -- 9. The Game for Life (Congo Bill) -- 10. Private Pete -- 11. Silly Willy -- 12. The Case of the Phoney Funny Man (Zatara)

Superman: As Lois and Clark are finishing up an assignment in Washington, they visit the Washington Monument, but a storm gathers and huge hailstones threaten to destroy the monument. After nearly being hit, Lois faints and Clark changes to Superman to save the monument. Later, Superman rushes to Mount Rushmore to prevent a mysterious green ray from destroying the monument there.

After they return to Metropolis, Lois and Clark are sent to investigate the Gateson Employment Agency, where large numbers of job applicants have disappeared over the past few years. Using his telescopic vision, Clark sees that the Apex State Building in a far-off city is vibrating and threatens to collapse. Making an excuse to Lois, he rushes off to the building to discover that a giant tuning fork on top of the building is setting up sympathetic vibrations that will destroy the building. After dealing with that, Superman has to save the Statue of Liberty from being destroyed by a giant wave.

Meanwhile, Lois is caught snooping in the employment agency and tied to a rocket which shoots towards Africa. As Superman chases after her, he is distracted by a rain of bombs threatening to destroy the pyramids.

Upon arriving in Africa, Lois encounters the dwarf evil genius Emil Loring, who has enslaved a local African tribe and used labour sent in by the employment agency to build the world's largest tower. He plans to destroy all other monuments so his building will always be the largest. When Superman shows up to save Lois, Loring unleashes lightning on Superman. Although he is able to withstand the lightning, it awakens a volcano which destroys Loring's tower and buries him.

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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