Editing Action Comics (section)

{{short description|American comic book}}
{{hatnote|For the British anthology comic, see [[Action (comics)]].}}
{{Redirect|Action comics|the genre of comics|Action-adventure comics}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Technical reasons|Action Comics #1|the first issue|Action Comics 1}}{{Technical reasons|Action Comics #1000|the 1,000th issue|Action Comics 1000}} {{Infobox comic book title <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
|image = Action Comics 1.jpg
|caption = [[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics'' #1]] (June 1938), the debut of [[Superman]].<br>Art by [[Joe Shuster]].
|schedule = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>Monthly: #1–600<br>Weekly: #601–642<br>Monthly: #643–904<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>Monthly: #1–52<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)'''<br>Twice-monthly: #957–999<br>Monthly: #1000-Present}}
|ongoing = y
|Anthology = y
|Superhero = y
|publisher = [[DC Comics]]
|date = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>June 1938&nbsp;– October 2011<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br> November 2011&nbsp;– July 2016<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)'''<br>August 2016–present}}
|startmo = {{start date and age|1938|4|18}}
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|endmo = 
|endyr = 
|issues = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>906 (#1–904 plus issues numbered [[Zero Hour: Crisis in Time|0]] and [[DC One Million|1,000,000]]) and 13 ''Annuals''<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 97|title= Action Comics}}</ref><br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>57 (#1–52 plus issues numbered 0 and [[Forever Evil#"Villains Month" titles|23.1 through 23.4]]) and 3 ''Annuals''<ref name="ACvol2">{{gcdb series|id= 59922|title= Action Comics ''vol. 2''}}</ref><br>'''(vol. 3)'''<br>100 (#957–1056) and 2 ''Annuals'' (as of August 2023 [[cover date]])<!--Use cover date rather than on-sale date-->}}
|main_char_team = [[Superman]]
|writers = {{Collapsible list|'''Vol. 1''':<br>[[Jerry Siegel]] (1-61, 69, 72-77, 81-83, 87, 97-98, 101, 104-105, 259, 261, 264-287, 289-291, 299, 322, 326, 338, 341, 351-352, 360, 373, 377, 388, 544), [[Robert Bernstein (comics)|Robert Bernstein]]<br>[[Otto Binder]]<br>[[Jim Shooter]]<br>[[Elliot S. Maggin]]<br>[[Cary Bates]]<br>[[Martin Pasko]]<br>[[Len Wein]]<br>[[George Pérez]], [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] (584-600, Annual #1), [[Roger Stern]] (601–642, 644–657, 659–665, 667–693, 696–700, 737, Annual #2–3), [[Marv Wolfman]] (513–516, 525–536, 539–546, 551–554, 556, 613–618, 627–628), [[Kurt Busiek]]<br>[[Gail Simone]]<br>[[Greg Rucka]]<br>'''vol. 2''':<br>[[Andy Diggle]]<br>[[Scott Lobdell]]<br>[[Grant Morrison]]<br>[[Greg Pak]]<br>'''vol. 1 cont.''':<br>[[Dan Jurgens]]<br>[[Brian Michael Bendis]]<br>[[Phillip Kennedy Johnson]]<br>[[Jason Aaron]]<br>[[Joshua Williamson]]}}
|artists = 
|pencillers = {{Collapsible list|'''vol. 1''':<br>[[Joe Shuster]]<br>[[Wayne Boring]]<br>[[Al Plastino]]<br>[[Jim Mooney]]<br>[[Ross Andru]]<br>[[Curt Swan]]<br>[[Dick Dillin]]<br>[[Dick Giordano]]<br>[[Mike Grell]]<br>[[Kurt Schaffenberger]]<br>[[Gil Kane]]<br>[[Irv Novick]]<br>[[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]<br>[[George Pérez]]<br>[[Stuart Immonen]]<br>[[Bob McLeod (comics)|Bob McLeod]]<br>[[Pasqual Ferry]]<br>[[Talent Caldwell]]<br>[[Ivan Reis]]<br>Joe Prado<br>[[Ed Benes]]<br>[[Adam Kubert]]<br>[[Pete Woods]]<br>[[Gary Frank (comics)|Gary Frank]]<br>[[Eddy Barrows]]<br>'''vol. 2''':<br>[[Rags Morales]]<br>[[Tony Daniel]]<br>[[Andy Kubert]]<br>[[Aaron Kuder]]}}
|inkers = {{Collapsible list|'''vol. 1''':<br>[[Murphy Anderson]]<br>[[Tex Blaisdell]]<br>[[Frank Chiaramonte]]<br>[[Dick Giordano]]<br>[[Bob Oksner]]<br>[[Brett Breeding]]<br>[[Denis Rodier]]<br>[[Ty Templeton]]<br>'''vol. 2''':<br>Rick Bryant<br>John Dell}}
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|TPB = Superman Chronicles Vol 1
|ISBN = 1-4012-0764-2
|TPB1 = Superman Chronicles Vol 2
|ISBN1 = 1-4012-1215-8
|TPB2 = Superman in the Forties
|ISBN2 = 1-4012-0457-0
|TPB3 = Archives Vol 1
|ISBN3 = 1-56389-335-5
|TPB4 = Archives Vol 2
|ISBN4 = 1-56389-426-2
|TPB5 = Archives Vol 3
|ISBN5 = 1-56389-710-5
|TPB6 = Archives Vol 4
|ISBN6 = 1-4012-0408-2
|TPB7 = Archives Vol 5
|ISBN7 = 1-4012-1188-7
|subcat = Superman
|sort = Action Comics
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'''''Action Comics''''' is an [[American comic book]]/[[Comic anthology|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).