Issue Description

The Adventure of the Stingy Men (Superman) -- 2. The Clue of the Crazy Rhyme (Hayfoot Henry) -- 3. Darts of Death (Congo Bill) -- 4. The Avengers -- 5. Of Cops and Robbers (Vigilante) -- 6. Pranks and Parrots (Zatara) Superman: Hocus and Pocus, the "accidental magicians" first seen in Action #83, have set up their detective agency and Superman decides to drop by to see how they are doing. As he arrives at their office, he sees them hired by Henry Weston to entertain his guests at a party. Although this isn't the detective work Hocus and Pocus wanted, it pays well so they decide to take the job. 
At the party, they perform several amazing tricks such as making an elephant appear out of a hat and raising a fully-grown oak tree out of the ground. All the tricks are fulfilled by Superman, of course, working at super-speed so nobody can see him. 
One of the spectators is scam artist Roger Nolan, who says he wants to get a couple of stingy millionaires, Hiram Slag and Benjamin Crabbe, to contribute towards the building of an orphans' home, and that he needs Hocus and Pocus to perform some tricks to convince the misers to part with their cash. In reality, Nolan wants to take the donations for himself. 
First up is Slag who, naturally, refuses to contribute any money. Hocus and Pocus cast spells to transport Slag in his bed to the North Pole and have him attacked by a polar bear (all arranged by Superman). He is then whisked back to his bedroom, where he believes the experience was a dream, but is so shaken by it that he agrees to contribute the money. 
Next comes Crabbe, who is transported in his bed to Arabia, where he is made to look like a kidnapper of a sheik's son. Just as Crabbe is about to be run through by the sheik, he is transported back to his bedroom, where he too believes he had a premonition warning him to contribute to the home. 
The next day, when both misers deliver the cash, Nolan is about to shoot Hocus and Pocus when Superman intervenes. With Nolan out of action, Hocus and Pocus are about to return the money when Superman says it would be better to use it for what the donors intended, and the orphans' home is built.

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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