Action Comics # 1 - Issue 1
is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 6 / / 1938User Rating - 6 votes, 3.9 avg.
Plot Summary
Action Comics #1 Features
Features the first appearance of Superman.
- [One Page Origin of Superman] Although Krypton isn't mentioned by name, Superman's place of origin is given as a 'distant planet' destroyed by old age, from which a scientist sent his infant son to Earth in a space-ship. There is no mention of Jonathan or Martha Kent, and rather than being adopted by the Kents, the motorist who discovered his space-ship merely turned Clark over to an orphanage. Superman's powers were originally quite limited compared to those in the Golden Age books. He couldn't fly (although he could "leap tall buildings at a single bound"), and was invulnerable only to anything "less than a bursting shell". His powers increased gradually (and without explanation) over the succeeding issues of Action Comics. A more complete description of his origin, including mention of Krypton and the Kents, is given in the first issue of Superman in June, 1939.
- The Coming of Superman
- The A-G Gang ( Chuck Dawson)
- The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies ( Zatara)
- South Sea Strategy [Part 1]
- Untitled
- The Adventures of Marco Polo
- The Light Heavyweight Championship ( Pep Morgan)
- The International Jewel Thief ( Scoop Scanlon)
- Murder in England ( Tex Thomson)
- Stardust
- Odds 'N' Ends.
Creators
Characters
Teams
Locations
Concepts
Objects
We don't have any objects attached to this issue. Help us fill it in!
Story Arc
We don't have any story arcs attached to this issue. Help us fill it in!
User Reviews
See all issues
Next Issue »
| Url: | |
| HTML: | |
| BBCode: | |
| Added by: | Captain Cascader |
| Date Added: | June 6, 2008 |
| Url: | |
| HTML: | |
| BBCode: | |
| Added by: | RobertG |
| Date Added: | Aug. 29, 2008 |
| Url: | |
| HTML: | |
| BBCode: | |
| Added by: | RobertG |
| Date Added: | Aug. 29, 2008 |



































