Issue Description

'Superman Joins the Circus' - (Siegel/Shuster) When Clark is sent to interview the owner of the Jordan circus, he learns that it is on the brink of bankruptcy. He decides to sign Superman up as the circus' star attraction - then he finds something sinister going on behind the scenes!'Chuck Dawson' - (Fleming) Chuck Dawson learns that some gunmen are planning to raid a small ranch called the Diamond-H, and sets out to warn them, but when he arrives, the ranch is already under attack!'The County Football Championship' (Pep Morgan) - (Baxter) Pep Morgan is kidnapped by gamblers with $50,000 riding on the outcome of the county championship playoff game.'Sport-Data' - (unknown) illustrated sports trivia'Coyote Canyon Bill' - (unknown) a 3/4 page gag strip'Adventures of Marco Polo' - (Elven) The Polos are trapped in a Bandit's lair.'The Diddle Family' - (unknown) two members of the the Diddle family cook up a scheme for an evening's car ride'Jungle Episode' - (Martin) a text story about two rubber plantation engineers who run afoul of a native Congolese tribe.'Double Trouble pt 2' (Tex Thomson) - (Bailey) Tex Tompson is imprisoned by a group of rebels in a small nation.'Now You Know' - (unknown) strange facts'The Five Point Bank Holdup' (Scoop Scanlon) - (Ely) Why did the bank robbers leave the money behind?'Zulu Diamond Mine' (Zatara) - (Guardineer) Zatara and Tong come to the aid of a besieged diamond mine'WESThrills' - (Kesson) Facts about some colorful historical figures of the Old West

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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