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Action Comics  (1938)

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DC Dec 1937

Action Comics #1

Ashcan
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
DC Jun 1938

Action Comics #1

Action Comics #1
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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
🌎 Currently holds the world record for the highest comic sale in history after a 9.0 copy from the collection of Nicolas Cage sold for $15 million dollars in December 2025
DC Jan 1983

Action Comics #1

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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
DC Jan 1988

Action Comics #1

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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
DC Jan 1992

Action Comics #1

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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
DC Jan 1992

Action Comics #1

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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
DC Sep 1998

Action Comics #1

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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
DC Dec 2004

Action Comics #1

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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.
DC Jul 1938

Action Comics #2

Action Comics #2
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2nd appearance of Superman
2nd appearance of Lois Lane and Zatara
DC Oct 1938

Action Comics #5

Action Comics #5
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5th appearance of Superman
First kiss between Superman and Lois Lane, occurred between panels
DC Nov 1938

Action Comics #6

Action Comics #6
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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]
DC Dec 1938

Action Comics #7

Action Comics #7
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2nd cover appearance of Superman
First time "Superman" is in print on a comic book cover
DC Jan 1939

Action Comics #8

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
DC May 1939

Action Comics #12

Action Comics #12
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Advertisement for Detective Comics #27, Batman's first appearance
1st cover appearance of Zatara
DC Jun 1939

Action Comics #13

Action Comics #13
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1st appearance of Ultra-Humanite, the first Superman supervillain
Advertisement for Superman #1
DC Jul 1939

Action Comics #14

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
DC Jul 1939

Action Comics #16

Action Comics #16
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First mention of the city, Metropolis - previous Superman stories were based in Cleveland, Ohio
DC Sep 1939

Action Comics #18

Action Comics #18
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Final issue to not include anything Superman related on the cover until Action Comics #602 (1988)
DC Oct 1939

Action Comics #19

Action Comics #19
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Starting with this issue, Superman appears on the cover of every subsequent issue
DC Apr 1940

Action Comics #23

Action Comics #23
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1st appearance of Lex Luthor, depicted with red hair
1st appearance of Black Pirate, an adventurer who later appeared as a ghost in present day stories
First mention of The Daily Planet
DC Feb 1941

Action Comics #33

Action Comics #33
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Tex Thompson becomes Mr. America, and later a member of the All-Star Squadron

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