Action Comics #1
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: Joe Shuster |
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Comic Title: Action Comics #1
Publisher: DC
(Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1938
Approx. On Sale Date:
May 3, 1938 Copyright Date April 18, 1938
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1938
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan
Notes:
1st appearance of Superman, the first and most historical important super-hero in comics. The Golden Age of Comic Books begins with this issue.
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Superman | Joe Shuster (a) |
| IFC | Indicia; House Ad | Vincent A. Sullivan (ed), Detective Comics Inc.; Coloring Contest |
| 1 | Superman | by Siegel and Shuster |
| 2 | Superman | |
| 3 | Superman | |
| 4 | Superman | |
| 5 | Superman | |
| 6 | Superman | |
| 7 | Superman | |
| 8 | Superman | |
| 9 | Superman | |
| 10 | Superman | |
| 11 | Superman | |
| 12 | Superman | |
| 13 | Superman | |
| 14 | Chuck Dawson | by Homer Fleming (B&W) |
| 15 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 16 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 17 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 18 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 19 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 20 | Zatara | "The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" by Fred Guardineer |
| 21 | Zatara | |
| 22 | Zatara | |
| 23 | Zatara | |
| 24 | Zatara | |
| 25 | Zatara | |
| 26 | Zatara | |
| 27 | Zatara | |
| 28 | Zatara | |
| 29 | Zatara | |
| 30 | Zatara | |
| 31 | Zatara | |
| 32 | Text Story | "South Sea Strategy" by Captain Frank Thomas |
| 33 | Text Story | |
| 34 | Sticky-Mitt Stimson | by Alger |
| 35 | Sticky-Mitt Stimson | |
| 36 | Sticky-Mitt Stimson | |
| 37 | Sticky-Mitt Stimson | |
| 38 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | by Sven Elven |
| 39 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | |
| 40 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | |
| 41 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | |
| 42 | Pep Morgan | by Fred Guardineer |
| 43 | Pep Morgan | |
| 44 | Pep Morgan | |
| 45 | Pep Morgan | |
| 46 | Scoop Scanlon | by Will Ely (B&W) |
| 47 | Scoop Scanlon | |
| 48 | Scoop Scanlon | |
| 49 | Scoop Scanlon | |
| 50 | Scoop Scanlon | |
| 51 | Scoop Scanlon | |
| 52 | Tex Thomson | by Bernard Baily |
| 53 | Tex Thomson | |
| 54 | Tex Thomson | |
| 55 | Tex Thomson | |
| 56 | Tex Thomson | |
| 57 | Tex Thomson | |
| 58 | Tex Thomson | |
| 59 | Tex Thomson | |
| 60 | Tex Thomson | |
| 61 | Tex Thomson | |
| 62 | Tex Thomson | |
| 63 | Tex Thomson | |
| 64 | Fact Feature | "Stardust" |
| IBC | Filler | "Odd 'n Ends" by Moldoff |
| BC | Ad | Johnson Smith Co. (Novelties) |
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