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Action Comics #1
Facsimile Edition (Blank Cardstock Cover)
2025 · 10.99 USD · 72 pages
On sale 2025-04-18
Rated Ages 13+
UPC 76194139133500141
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
- Editor
- Vin Sullivan
- Illustrated by
- Sven Elven
- See notes
- Sheldon Moldoff
Characters
- Superman
- Clark Kent
- Senator Barrows
- Butch Matson
- 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
Blank cardstock cover over base issue cover. Facsimile reproduction of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 June 1938 issue (first appearance of Superman), including the cover, stories, text pages, and advertisements from the original issue. Printed in its original Golden Age dimensions.
Available for sale on Superman Day 2025, April 18, 2025.
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