Action Comics #1

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About this issue

Artist

Bernard Baily, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Joe Shuster, Russell Cole, Sheldon Moldoff, Sven Elven, and Will Ely

Colorist

Jack Adler

Letterer

Bernard Baily, Fred Guardineer, Joe Shuster, and Russell Cole

Cover

Jack Adler and Joe Shuster

Editor

Vincent Sullivan

Story

Frank Thomas, Fred Guardineer, Gardner Fox, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Ken Fitch, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, and Will Ely

Characters

Alex Greer, Bea Carroll, Butch Matson, Chuck Dawson, George Taylor, Kal-L, Lois Lane, Pep Morgan, Rusty James, Scoop Scanlon, Superman, Tex Thompson, and Zatara

Cover date

June 1938

Cover price

$0.10

Pages

68

Rating

Unknown

In Action Comics #1 Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster not only launched one of the longest running comic book series of all time, they also captured the hearts of America as for the very first time they introduced the Man of Steel, the world's most iconic superhero! Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! The Man of Steel burst into the comic book world with a bang, kicking off the golden era of superheroes, paving the way for the hundreds if not thousands of super-powered heroes who have come since. As a distant planet takes its final breath, a scientist places his infant son into a space ship sending it to the planet Earth! Crash landing in rural Kansas, the boy is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, where the couple take in the boy as their own. Unbeknownst to them the boy will one day grow up to be Earth's mightiest champion, Superman!