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American Mythology ⋅ 2017

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Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1

Supermoon Comics ⋅ 2019

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Indonesian language one-shot

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1

Superman #9

Non-Key

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2023

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Variant cover art by Mikel Janin

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1

Scribblenauts edition

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Copies ordered by retailers: 4,557 including cover A, cover B and this 1:10 variant

Value unknown, there is one sale from April 2022 for $1,500 but not enough data to make a dollar determination

3 copies graded 9.8 exist on CGC and CBCS population reports

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Cover art by Drew Struzan

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

1:25 ⋅ DC Black Label ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Michael Cho

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

2nd Print ⋅ Vault ⋅ 2018

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Second printing

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Chris Burnham featuring Captain Carrot

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

Fawcett ⋅ 1940

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1st appearance and origin of Captain Marvel, later renamed Shazam

1st appearance of the Wizard Shazam

1st appearance of Dr. Sivana, a scientific genius and the archenemy of Captain Marvel

1st appearance of Ibis the Invincible and Spy Smasher

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1st team appearance of the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man, later renamed the Seven Deadly Sins

While not a precise swipe of Action Comics #1 artwork, this cover and other aspects of Captain Marvel led to DC (formerly National) filing a lawsuit against Fawcett for Captain Marvel too closely resembling Superman

Premiere issue of the series though the copyright notes read issue #2

There exists a scarce Ashcan edition of this issue

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Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

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1st appearance of Superman

1st appearance of Lois Lane

1st appearance of Zatara, Zatanna's father

1st appearance of Tex Thompson, later becomes Mr. America

Variant ⋅ Coffin Comics ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Marat Mychaels

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1939)

Variant ⋅ ONI ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1939)

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San Diego Comic Con 2010 promotional exclusive

Issue featured in an August 2010 episode of Futurama, written and illustrated by the main character Philip J. Fry

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

IDW ⋅ 2012

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IDW begins publishing Popeye with the first original story in over 30 years

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

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Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

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Cover art by Todd McFarlane, inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

Image ⋅ 2013

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Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

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'Funeral for a Friend' part 2

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

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