Issue Description

When Stars Collide (Superman) : Superman gets amnesia -- 2. Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc. (Vigilante) -- 3. Woozy World -- 4. Leatherneck Luck (Three Aces) -- 5. A Right in der Fuehrer's Face (Americommando) -- 6. Private Pete -- 7. The Curse of Catellaria (Congo Bill) -- 8. Crazy Scheme -- 9. The Pirate of Pleasure (Zatara)

Superman: Lois and Clark go to a mid-western city to visit an observatory so they can watch the collision of two distant stars. In his hotel room, Clark is watching the stars with his telescopic vision when radiation from them causes him to become dizzy and fall out the window. He lands at the feet of a gang of criminals led by Professor Praline, and discovers that he has amnesia. Praline realizes that Clark must be Superman in order to have survived the fall, and convinces Clark that he is a strong-arm man for the mob, getting him to join his gang.

Praline's first job for Superman is to get him to take out Spike Jaeger, Praline's rival in crime. Afterwards, Praline realizes he can't push his luck since Clark might regain his memory at any time, so he plans a single huge job - a robbery of the US gold reserves at Fort Blox.

Just as Superman is breaking into Fort Blox, the astronomers discover that a giant meteor from the stellar collision is heading towards Earth. Superman sees the approaching meteor and a buried sense of duty surfaces, telling him he must halt the meteor. As he flies into the meteor head-on, the collision restores his memory, although he can remember nothing about his period as a mobster, allowing Lois to get a scoop on the story.

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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