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DC ⋅ 1994

Action Comics #0
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Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

Action Comics #1
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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994

Action Comics #0
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2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994

Action Comics #0
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Action Comics #1
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$4.6M

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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

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1976

Action Comics #1
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16-page promotional comic given away with the purchase of Safeguard deodorant (1976)

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1976

Action Comics #1
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$70

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16-page promotional reprint with sleeping bag advertisement on back cover

$0.10 cover price

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1983

Action Comics #1
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16-page reprint of Action Comics #1

Obtained by mail after submitting two labels of peanut butter branded with Superman as a spokesman

Celebration of Superman's 45th anniversary

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 with a Nestle advertisement on the back cover and a $0.10 cover price

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987

Action Comics #1
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Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988

Action Comics #1
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Newsstand edition with $0.50 cover price

16-page reprint of Superman's first appearance from Action Comics #1

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Superman's first appearance in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Action Comics #1

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1990

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 with black background $0.50 cover price

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1992

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1

$1.00/$1.35 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1992

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1

$0.10 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1998

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 distributed in 1998 by the US Post Office commemorating 50 years of Superman

Scarce issue, sealed with a book of Superman stamps

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Action Comics #1 in it's 68-page entirety

Distributed by Loot Crate

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Action Comics #1
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Superman Day 2025

Golden Age-sized facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1

SDCC • Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Action Comics #1
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Progressive insurance promotional comic featuring Flo and Jaime

NYCC ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

Action Comics #1
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Facsimile foil reprint, limited to 1,500 copies

2022 NYCC exclusive

Foil • Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Action Comics #1
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Facsimile foil reprint

2025 Superman Day

Gold Foil • Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Action Comics #1
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Limited to 300 copies

Gold Foil edition.

Blank ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Action Comics #1
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Superman Day 2025

Golden Age-sized facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1

Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

Action Comics #1
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Facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman

Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Action Comics #1
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Variant cover art by Dan Mora

Golden Age-sized facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1

Facsimile • Foil ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Action Comics #1
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Superman Day 2025

Golden Age-sized facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1

Fan Expo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017

Action Comics #1
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Fan Expo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017

Action Comics #1
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Fan Expo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2023

Action Comics #1
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Fan Expo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2023

Action Comics #1
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Fan Expo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2023

Action Comics #1
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Mini-Comic ⋅ DC ⋅ 2004

Action Comics #1
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Reprint of Action Comics #1

Mini-comic distributed with DC Direct '1st Appearances' Superman action figure

22-pages, measures 1.3 in. x 1.9 in.

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1998

Action Comics #1,000,000
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Action Comics #2
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2nd appearance of Superman

2nd appearance of Lois Lane and Zatara

Action Comics #3
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3rd appearance of Superman

Action Comics #4
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4th appearance of Superman

Action Comics #5
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5th appearance of Superman

First kiss between Superman and Lois Lane, occurred between panels

Action Comics #6
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$39k

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1st appearance of Jimmy Olsen, unnamed, referred to only as Office Boy

First reference to Superman as "The Man of Steel" seen in a newspaper headline

[July 2025 - it is rumored Skyler Gisondo will reprise the role of Jimmy Olsen as the host a spin-off crime anthology TV series focused on different DC villains]

Action Comics #7
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2nd cover appearance of Superman

First time "Superman" is in print on a comic book cover

Action Comics #8
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Superman demonstrates extraordinary hearing abilities but not referred to as 'super' until Action Comics #11

Cover art inspired by the 1919 painting 'Last of the Mohicans' by N.C. Wyeth

Action Comics #9
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Early Superman story

Action Comics #10
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3rd cover appearance of Superman

Action Comics #11
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Debut of Superman's X-Ray Vision

Action Comics #12
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Advertisement for Detective Comics #27, Batman's first appearance

1st cover appearance of Zatara

Action Comics #13
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1st appearance of Ultra-Humanite, the first Superman supervillain

Advertisement for Superman #1

Action Comics #14
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Superman's emblem is first featured on his cape

1st appearance of Clip Carson

2nd appearance of Zatara, the father of Zatanna

Action Comics #15
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Advertisement for the 1939 World's Fair

Action Comics #16
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First mention of the city, Metropolis - previous Superman stories were based in Cleveland, Ohio

Action Comics #17
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6th cover appearance of Superman on the Action Comics title

Action Comics #18
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Final issue to not include anything Superman related on the cover until Action Comics #602 (1988)