Comic Title: Action Comics #2
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1938
Approx. On Sale Date: June 2, 1938 Copyright Date May 25, 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

Title: (War in San Monte)
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Reprinted In:
Superman #1 (1939)
Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies HC (1971)
Famous First Edition C-61 (1979)
Famous First Edition C-61 [Whitman Exclusive] (1979)
Superman from the 30s to the 80s HC (1983)
Superman Archives Vol. 1 HC (1989)
Millennium Edition:Superman 1 (#51) (2000)
Millennium Edition:Superman 1 (#51) [Variant] (2000)
Superman in the Forties TPB (2005)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Lois Lane:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Superman:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2016)
Action Comics 80 Years of Superman:The Deluxe Edition HC (2018)
Superman (Facsimile Edition) #1 (2022)
Superman (Facsimile Edition) #1 [MB Artist Exclusive] (2022)
Superman (Facsimile Edition) #1 [MB Artist Exclusive] (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #1; next appearance in Action Comics #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #1; next appearance in Action Comics #5)
• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #1; next appearance in Action Comics #3)

Villain(s)

• Emil Norvell and his men (a munitions dealer; no further appearances)
• Alex Greer (last appearance in Action Comics #1; no further appearances)
• Lola Cortez, two opposing armies and their commanders (no further appearances)

Comments:
Clark Kent works for the Evening News in this story.

This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on a text page of Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is summarized.

This story is continued from the first story of Action Comics #1.

Synopsis:
War is brewing in San Monte and Emil Norvell, a wealthy munitions manufacturer, is profiting from selling arms to both sides. While traveling to San Monte with Lois Lane, Superman battles Norvell’s toughs. Once in San Monte, he forces Norvell to join the army and demonstrates to him firsthand the horrors of war. Meanwhile, Lois has been arrested as a spy and Superman must save her from a firing squad. Ultimately convinced that war must be averted, Norvell returns to the U.S. vowing, "The most dangerous thing I’ll manufacture is a firecracker." Then the Man of Steel brings the commanders of the warring armies face to face, where they discover they’ve been manipulated and have no quarrel with each other.