Issue Description

One fine night, Superman is cruising through Metropolis when he suddenly hears a screem. He strains to find out its source and sees a man falling to his death. Superman kicks into top gear. He arrives just in time to save the man and sees that he is holding an unexpected guest, Nightwing.

Nightwing asks Superman to let him down. When Supes aks him what he is doing in Metropolis, Nightwing syas that he is here on a case. Something about the notorious Intergang and a man named Bendel White.

Elsewhere, Lois Lane is asking J. Darret( H.O.D. Robotics) about the robots she had previously seen being unloaded from a ship. Darret says that what she is describing cannot be reality, because according to her description, the robots advanced servo motors to be functional. Lois leaves, frustated.

A very busy Bendel White comes back to his office, much to the surprise of his secretary. He asks her an unimportant question and then locks himself inside his room, telling her to keep the rumour about his death as it is.

Superman says that Bendel White is alive. Nightwing does not believe him. When Supes comfirms, Nightwing is surprised to know that

Dudley Soames

let White go. Superman says that White is talking over the phone to his pals at Intergang. Nightwing asks him if he can target the other end of the line. Superman says that he won't need to, because the way the conversation is proceeding, the people will be coming to Bendel's place.

Lois goes to Bibbo's restaurants and starts asking the sailors about the ship Kandihar Queen. She talks about the robots and they start laughing. Bibbo throws them out and responds to Lois' question. But even he cannot give satisfactory answers.

Bendel is talking to his pals, when he realises that they are talking nuts about armaments. They hang up and White gets frightened. He is shocked to see three

Intergangsters

hovering outside his window.

Superman slams into the largest of the gang and sends him reeling into White's room. Immediately, his companion fires at Superman, sending him crashing through the wall.

Nightwing jumps onto the gangsters' pod and engages in combat with the third one. They fly haywire around the city.

The second gangsters arms a

Grenade

and lobs it at Superman. Superman lets it detonate inside his fist, but the resulting shockwave tears up half of the apartment, sending the two gangsters and Bendel White flying out. Superman is too tired to catch him, but he doesn't need to. Nightwing comes up with the lot of them on the pod.

Later, Bendel White refuses to confess any deal with Intergang. The police arrive and carry him and the three Intergangsters to Stryker's island. Superman says that it was a pleasure to spend time with Nightwing, because Batman is very taciturn.

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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