Issue Description

The Chef of Bohemia (Superman) -- 2. The Bloke who Croaked the Oak (Hayfoot Henry) -- 3. Portraits for Plunder (Vigilante) -- 4. Incident on Hill X -- 5. A Fortune in Feathers (Congo Bill) -- 6. Planes without Pilots (Zatara) Superman: Racketeer Biff Condor wants to take over a bohemian restaurant called the Borsht Bowl, run by Russian chef Sergei, so he can turn it into a night club with an illegal gambling den in the back. Sergei, however, refuses to give up his place, since although he doesn't make much money from it, it's a lifeline for the area's struggling artists. 
Condor decides to try force, so for his first attempt he sends in a couple of his thugs to rob Sergei so he can't pay the rent. Just as the landlord is about to evict him, Superman captures the thugs and returns Sergei's money. 
For his next attempt, Condor sends round a crowd of homeless men to try to swamp Sergei with too many orders. Again, Superman saves the day by preparing the food at super-speed. In gratitude, Sergei insists Superman come by that evening so he can prepare a special meal for him. 
Condor is getting tired of his attempts to get rid of Sergi failing, so he sends round some more thugs to kidnap Sergei and bring him back to Condor's headquarters, where he plans to force him to sign his lease away. As he is being strong-armed out of his restaurant, Sergei leaves a piece of beef on the counter. 
Later, when Superman shows up for his meal, and is surprised to find Sergei missing. However, he sees the beef on the counter and realizes that with Sergei's Russian accent, he would pronounce it as 'biff' on the 'condor' (well, that's not a real Russian accent, but hey, it's a story...). So he goes to Condor's main night club and finds Sergei held captive in a back room. After a confrontation with Condor and his thugs, Superman rescues Sergei.

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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