Action comics is the longestrunning continually published comic book in history, and its the series that launched the superhero genre with the introduction of superman in 1938. This was also the first appearance of lois lane, the plucky, and sometimes irritating reporter who becomes a staple of most superman stories. To paraphrase from wikipedias entry on action comics originally, action comics was an anthology title featuring a number of other stories in addition to the superman story. Action comics is an american comic bookmagazine series that introduced superman, one of the first major superhero characters. Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist. The blakely mine disaster, script by jerry siegel, art by joe shuster. Superman captures alex greer and takes him on an unpleasant joyride. It reprints the superman story from the original printing back in 1938.
First superman comic book now up for auction on ebay cnet. May 23, 20 the minneapolis star tribune reports that while demolishing a wall, david gonzalez struck gold amid newspapers from the 1930s that had been used for insulation. With this renumbering comes a new creative team featuring comics legend grant morrison and fanfavorite artist rag morales. Difference between action comics and superman dc rebirth i have been reading both action comics and superman starting with dc rebrith from last summer. Aug 15, 2014 first superman comic book now up for auction on ebay. Action comics tp vol 1 rebirth supermanaction comics. Though action comics began as an anthology, collecting a variety of tales, over the past few decades it has become a monthly title dedicated to its launch character, superman. It can weaken superman both physically and mentally. However, superman can resist green kryptonite, but it will be hard, due to the fact that it is rare and that it can weaken him strongly. Buy action comics tp vol 1 rebirth superman action comics 01 by dan jurgens isbn. Unfollow action comics superman 1 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The cover bears the famous if somewhat crude drawing of superman smashing a car against a rock. Book 662 of 104 in the action comics 19382011 series. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
You can now read the worlds most expensive comic book online. Its 1940 again, and the golden age superman is fighting nazis, the ultrahumanite, and worse threats, much in the style of siegel and shuster. The publisher was originally known as national allied publications, and later as national comics publications and as national periodical publications, before taking on its current name of dc comics. For a while it was an anthology series, but it eventually became solely devoted to batman and the batman family of characters not clear on when the shift took place. Difference between action comics and superman dc rebirth. The emperor of america starring superman, script by jerry siegel signed, pencils by joe shuster, inks by john sikela signed as joe shuster.
Theres more to action comics than just superman though theres plenty of other stories in the issue, from the debut of. Sinestro corps superman now has lantern power aura around him just like hal jordan, kyle rayner, etc added a green lantern superman so theres more than one lantern superman to choose from lantern palettes power bar do not regenerate thought id stick to the lantern charging logic like the other chars sinestro corps feed on fear and since he has to. This comic book is also the first featuring a superhero, and is considered to be the most valuable comic in the world. While not entirely awful, the new 52 hasnt been the best representation of superman. A 16 page special that was printed in 1988 to commemorate the 50 year golden anniversary of the original. Publication date 20170105 usage public domain mark 1. Considered the first true superhero book, action comics arrived on the scene in 1938. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. It is widely considered to be both the beginning of the superhero genre and. Thats not to say this is awful, i just personally prefer tomasis stuff. Gradually, the size of the issues was decreased as the publisher was reluctant to raise the cover price from the original 10. However, superman can resist green kryptonite, but it will be hard, due to the. What is the difference between action comics and superman. Superman was able to survive inside a red sun that was surrounded by kryptonite.
I was under the impression that the same story would. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Titulo original ano action comics 1938 titulo no br. The one and only grant morrison allstar superman returns to superman, joined by sensational artist rags morales identity crisis, to bring you tales of the man of steel unlike any youve ever read. Dc entertainment is celebrating its 80th anniversary with action comics. This book included ten separate stories, only the first of which featured superman. An alien race is collecting unique specimens from earth and the man of steel is first on the list.
The first issue of action comics hit stands in 1938 and the legend of superman was born. Jerry siegel and joe shuster superman is the last son of the dead planet krypton, rocketed away as an infant by his father who believed that the planet was about to explode. So this is once again a volume 1 that isnt a great starting point for newbies who havent been following dcs superman andor rebirth stuff closely. Superman captures alex greer and takes him on an unpleasant joyride hopping from building to building scaring the living. Gueststarring nightwing, aquaman, firestorm, the metal men, deadman and more. Written and drawn by jerome siegel and joe shuster, the comic introduced superman as champion of the oppressed, the physical marvel who had.
This extrasized debut issue is the cornerstone of the entire dc universe. The minneapolis star tribune reports that while demolishing a wall, david gonzalez struck gold amid newspapers from the 1930s that had been used for insulation. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. In order to meet the first issues deadline, shuster cut, pasted, and redrew supermans daily strips into comic book sized pages. They sold superman to detective comics, the future dc comics, in 1938. Published by tony gman guerrero on sep 29, 2011 00.
Find great deals on ebay for action comics superman 1 and superman action comics 1 statue. Superman is current day, action comics is in the past, and justice league is also in the past but somewhere in between. After the events of superman reborn, the man of steel goes back to his roots with a streamlined origin story but which version of his journey from krypton has prevailed. Download by erradicator and tof sprites by ghouly mad maximoff and slotman harley quinn. Written and drawn by jerome siegel and joe shuster, the comic introduced superman as champion of the oppressed, the physical marvel who had sworn. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the. Though if youre looking for a good superman story, id recommend checking out any of the books in the recommended reading section. Considered the first true superhero book, action comics arrived on the scene in 1938 and remains the longestrunning comic book in history. Action comics 1 dc, 2000 series february 2000 indexer notes. Similar to superman, batman debuted first in detective comics. He says he knew immediately the comic was valuable, but he had no idea how much it was actually worth.
This version has a barcode in the lower left corner of the cover and a. A pristine copy of supermans first appearance in action comics no. We know justice league is in the past because hal is green lantern and. First superman comic book now up for auction on ebay. Ad for more fun comics, new adventure comics and detective comics. It is widely considered to be both the beginning of the superhero genre and the most. In order to meet the first issues deadline, shuster cut, pasted, and redrew superman s daily strips into comic book sized pages. Penned in 1938 by cleveland teenagers jerry siegel and joe shuster, superman introduced a hero to. Or if you prefer, a pdf version is available to download at the bottom of the page.