Issue Description

Cover by Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner."Black Beauty or 'A Horse is a Horse, of Course, of Course'" written by Robert Loren Fleming and Keith Giffen, penciled by Keith Giffen, inked by Bob Oksner, colored by Anthony Tollin and lettered by John Costanza. (Ambush Bug and Superman)"Mr. Mxyzptlk, Media Star!" written by E. Nelson Bridwell, penciled by Alex Saviuk, inked by Dennis Jensen, colored by Anthony Tollin and lettered by Ben Oda. (Mxy with Superman, Lois Lane, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Lana Lang, Morgan Edge, Josh Coyle)"Jimmy Olsen -- Blob!" written by Craig Boldman, penciled by Howard Bender, inked by Pablo Marcos, colored by Anthony Tollin and lettered by Milt Snapinn. (Jimmy Olsen as The Blob, Superman, Lois Lane)

Obviously Ambush Bug was gaining popularity considering he is back in only 3 issues. A more rare thing back in the day.

The book opens with Irwin Schwab repairing his teleportation bugs. when they explode causing him to change color, and discover he no longer needs the mechanical bugs to teleport. While he is trying to find help he accidentally comes across Superman, who is trying to get a burglar to prison. Joining Superman at the Jailhouse, Ambush Bug recants his origin story. Ambush Bug was from another planet, and right before it exploded he was sent to Earth by his dying parents.

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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