Issue Description

Superman Meets Susie (Superman) (He actually "meets" her in issue 59) -- 2. Private Pete -- 3. The Duke Goes to the Dogs (Vigilante) -- 4. Romeo, the Robot -- 5. The Ancient Incas (Congo Bill) -- 6. Super Sleuth McFooey -- 7. Between Dishonor and Death (Americommando) -- 8. Laffs -- 9. Double Twist -- 10. The Picture that Walked (Zatara) Superman: Lois brings her eight year old niece Susie into the Planet offices to meet Clark and Perry White. Susie is a notorious fibber, and she tells Clark that when she was fishing at the docks, she caught a whale and then a battleship flew past in the air. Lois wants to punish her for telling lies, but Clark suggests they visit the docks to verify Susie's story. Susie tries to convince them not to go, but Lois insists.
Clark, of course, switches to Superman and captures a whale to bring to the docks, and as Susie and Lois are staring at it, he lifts a battleship and flies past with it.
After the stunt, Superman owns up to being the cause and Lois phones in the story to the Planet. Susie, seeing Lois reporting a story, decides she wants to report one as well. She overhears two sailors at the dock discussing a plan to "kill" some people. Although the sailors are merely discussing a comedy performance they plan to stage for their mates, Susie thinks they are real criminals planning a major crime. By coincidence, one of the sailors' names is Beaker, which is the same as a gangster's name. Susie phones the planet and claims she is reporting a story on behalf of Lois, and when she gives the name 'Beaker', the city desk editor thinks she is talking about the gangster.
The Planet prints a story that Beaker's gang plans to kill some people, and gives Lois as the author. When Susie owns up, Lois thinks her career is finished, but Clark isn't so sure.
Investigating as Superman, he discovers that the gangster Beaker is in fact planning a major bank robbery. Superman foils the robbery and captures the gang, allowing Lois to write a follow-up story and save her reputation.

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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