Action Comics

Action Comics
Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the debut of Superman.
Art by Joe Shuster.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
Schedule
List
  • (vol. 1)
    Monthly: #1–600
    Weekly: #601–642
    Monthly: #643–904
    (vol. 2)
    Monthly: #1–52
    (vol. 1 cont.)
    Twice-monthly: #957–999
    Monthly: #1000-Present
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date
List
  • (vol. 1)
    June 1938 – October 2011
    (vol. 2)
    November 2011 – July 2016
    (vol. 1 cont.)
    August 2016–present
No. of issues
List
  • (vol. 1)
    906 (#1–904 plus issues numbered 0 and 1,000,000) and 13 Annuals[1]
    (vol. 2)
    57 (#1–52 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4) and 3 Annuals[2]
    (vol. 3)
    100 (#957–1056) and 2 Annuals (as of August 2023 cover date)
Main character(s)Superman
Creative team
Written by
List
Penciller(s)
Inker(s)
Collected editions
Superman Chronicles Vol 1ISBN 1-4012-0764-2
Superman Chronicles Vol 2ISBN 1-4012-1215-8
Superman in the FortiesISBN 1-4012-0457-0
Archives Vol 1ISBN 1-5638-9335-5
Archives Vol 2ISBN 1-5638-9426-2
Archives Vol 3ISBN 1-5638-9710-5
Archives Vol 4ISBN 1-4012-0408-2
Archives Vol 5ISBN 1-4012-1188-7

Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National Comics Publications (later National Periodical Publications), before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. The second volume of Action Comics beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. Action Comics returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016).