Action Comics
American comic book / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the British anthology comic, see Action (comics).
"Action comics" redirects here. For the genre of comics, see Action-adventure comics.
For technical reasons, "Action Comics #1" redirects here. For the first issue, see Action Comics 1.
For technical reasons, "Action Comics #1000" redirects here. For the 1,000th issue, see Action Comics 1000.
Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National Comics Publications (later National Periodical Publications), before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. The second volume of Action Comics beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. Action Comics returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016).
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Publisher | DC Comics |
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Format | Ongoing series |
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Publication date | List
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No. of issues | List
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Main character(s) | Superman |
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Penciller(s) | List
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Superman Chronicles Vol 1 | ISBN 1-4012-0764-2 |
Superman Chronicles Vol 2 | ISBN 1-4012-1215-8 |
Superman in the Forties | ISBN 1-4012-0457-0 |
Archives Vol 1 | ISBN 1-5638-9335-5 |
Archives Vol 2 | ISBN 1-5638-9426-2 |
Archives Vol 3 | ISBN 1-5638-9710-5 |
Archives Vol 4 | ISBN 1-4012-0408-2 |
Archives Vol 5 | ISBN 1-4012-1188-7 |
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