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ACTION COMICS #1
Cover Date: June 1938
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Shuster
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Joe Shuster |
| Lettering | Joe Shuster |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (Clark Kent; first appearance; an orphan from a destroyed planet raised on Earth)
Supporting Character(s):
- Kent's Editor (first appearance)
- Lois Lane (first appearance; a columnist for an unnamed newspaper)
Villain(s):
- Butch Matson (first appearance; a thug)
- Alex Greer (first appearance; a crooked lobbyist)
Location(s):
- An unnamed large metropolitan city
- Washington, DC
Comment(s):
- This story continues in the next issue.
- This story was originally drawn in comic strip format and redrawn and cut to fit the page layout of a comic book.
Story Reprinted in:
- Secret Origins #1 (February-March 1973)
- Famous First Edition #C-26 (1974)
- Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (1976)
- A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (1981)
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1 (1997)
- Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (February 2000)
- Superman in the Forties (2005)
- The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006)
- Superman through the Ages (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)
Credits:
| Story | Fred Guardineer |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara the Magician (first appearance; a stage magician who is in reality an actual magic-user; last in Golden Age Secret Files #1/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Tong (first appearance; Zatara's assistant)
Villain(s):
- Tigress (first appearance; a master criminal; next in issue #3/5)
- Babcock (first appearance; a crooked Train Inspector)
Other Character(s):
- Captain Kennedy (first appearance; a state trooper)
Comment(s):
- Zatara does not have a mustache in this story.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-26 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (February 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Pep Morgan (last in More Fun Comics #29; fights for the light heavyweight title and wins)
Supporting Character(s):
- Pop Burkett
Villain(s):
- Doc Lowery (first appearance; a crooked trainer)
Other Character(s):
- Bushman (first appearance; a boxer called an "Australian wild man")
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-26 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (February 2000)
Credits:
| Art | Will Ely |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Scoop Scanlon (Scott Scanlon; first appearance; a reporter for The Bulletin)
Supporting Character(s):
- Rusty James (first appearance; a news photographer and Scoop's friend)
Villain(s):
- Arnold (first appearance; a jewel thief)
Comment(s):
- This story is printed in black and white.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-26 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (February 2000)
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Tex Thompson (first appearance; a retired Texas oilman and adventurer)
Villain(s):
- Chief and his gang (first appearance; a criminal; dies; Sonja and Monk named)
Other Character(s):
- Betty and Bobby (first appearance; two kids who aid Tex)
Location(s):
- England
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #C-26 (1974)
- Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (February 2000)