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Action Comics #1
Facsimile Edition (Convention Edition Presented by the Comics Mint)
[November 2022] · [none] · 68 pages
On sale 2022-09-20
Rated Ages 13+
UPC 76194137789600131
Synopsis
A space vehicle from a destroyed world lands on Earth, and its occupant becomes Superman. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is given.
Credits
- Script
- Vin Sullivan, Jerry Siegel, Homer Fleming, Fred Guardineer, Russell Cole, Gardner Fox, Ken Fitch
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster, Homer Fleming, Fred Guardineer, Russell Cole, Bill Ely, Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks
- Joe Shuster, Homer Fleming, Fred Guardineer, Russell Cole, Bill Ely, Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff
- Colours
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Joe Shuster, Fred Guardineer, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Bill Ely, Bernard Baily
- Illustrated by
- Sven Elven
- Original editor
- Vin Sullivan
- See notes
- Joe Shuster, Jack Adler, Ed Eisenberg, Sheldon Moldoff
Characters
- Clark Kent
- Superman
- Butch Matson
- Rick Radomski
- Senator Barrows
- Evelyn Curry
- Lois Lane
- Alex Greer
- Bea Carroll
- George Taylor
- Chuck Dawson
- Tong
- Tigress
- Zatara
- Sticky-Mitt Stimson
- Marco Polo
- Pep Morgan
- Scoop Scanlon
- Rusty James
- Tex Thomson
- Constance Bennett
- Charles Boyer
- Bert Wheeler
- Robert Woolsey
- Fred Astaire
- Babe Ruth
- Lee Grissom
- Lou Gehrig
Notes
Facsimile reproduction of Action Comics (DC, 1937 series) #1 June 1938 issue (first appearance of Superman), including the cover, stories, text pages, and advertisements from the original issue. Modern DC logo, barcode, and age rating have been added to the cover.
The interior paper stock is a lightweight newsprint similar to that of the original issue.
Reprinted in
- Superman #[1]
- Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn]— Recolored (Superman's boots changed from blue to red)
- Secret Origins #1
- Action Comics [Safeguard Deodorant Giveaway] #1
- A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics #[nn]
- Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn]— pp. 6-18
- Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 10¢ Cover] #1
- Action Comics [50th Anniversary Edition] #1
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1
- Famous First Edition #C-26
- Superserien #9/1984
- Tommy og Tigern #3/1998— 0.25 page
- Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 #[nn]— minus the price, and (like all reprints of this issue) flying rocks, one bead of sweat, and about an inch off the bottom of the cover
- Superboy #3/1976
- The Superman Chronicles #1
- Supermann #2/1974
- Supermann #2/1976
- Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn]
- Superman in the Forties #[nn]
- Superman through the Ages #[nn]
- Supermann #10/1986— 0.25 page
- Supermann #1/1987
- Supermán #57
- Lynvingen #2/1976— 0.5 page
- Superman #37
- Klassiker der Comic-Literatur #1
- Action Comics 1 Reprint [Death of Superman] #[nn]
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1— cover
- Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn]
- Superman: The Golden Age #1