Action Comics
is a comic volume from DC Comics that started in 1938Action Comics is the comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics, Inc., and later as National Comics and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics, a subsidiary of Time Warner.
Issues 601-642 are filed under Action Comics Weekly.
Some issues are named "Superman in Action Comics," "Superman Action Comics," etc.
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Issue #498
The Catastrophic Man
Aug. 1, 1979 -
Issue #497
Superman's Command Performance
July 1, 1979 -
Issue #496
Death Out Of A ...
June 1, 1979 -
Issue #495
Attack of the Ultimate ...
May 1, 1979 -
Issue #494
The Secret of the ...
April 1, 1979 -
Issue #493
The Metropolis-UFO Connection
March 1, 1979 -
Issue #491
A Matter of Light ...
Jan. 1, 1979 -
Issue #490
The Vision That Drove ...
Dec. 1, 1978












