Issue Description

"Lois Lane--Superwoman!" (Siegal/Sikela) - After Lois and Clark have an argument, Lois rushes into the street and is hit by a truck, giving Lois a concussion. Clark learns that her only hope is for brain surgeon Dr. Michelson to be found and brought in, but he is missing. Superman sets off to find him. Meanwhile, unconscious Lois dreams that she receives a blood transfusion from Superman which allows her to recover almost instantly and that the Man of Tomorrow's blood has given her superpowers. She designs a costume for herself and goes out to fight crime.

Later, Lois rescues a hooded man being attacked by some thugs, only to discover that the man is Clark. Lois makes Clark promise not to reveal her powers to anyone else, but as she leaves him she is captured by a net slung from an airplane and knocked unconscious by gas. She is taken to the lair of mad scientist Dr. Skowl, who was attempting to capture Superman. As Skowl is about to kill Lois, Superman arrives, but is captured with an electrical trap. However, the distraction allows Lois to recover, defeat Skowl and save Superman. Lois then gets Superman to agree to marry her, but at that point she wakes up to discover that Superman had found Dr. Michelson and that Michelson had done the operation to save her.

"Rainbow over Crimeville" (Meskin/Paris) featuring the Vigilante - The Rainbow Man surfaces again, using models to plan his attacks throughout the city."The Lieutenant from Corregidor!" (Fox/Cazeneuve) featuring the Three Aces"Rations for Victory" (Greene/Baily) featuring Americommando [Tex Thomson]"Jungle Justice!" (Daly) featuring Congo Bill"Styles in Crime" (Sulman) featuring Zatara

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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