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DC Comics ·
Released May 3rd, 1938
Action Comics #1
This comic has many features. Most notably among these is the first appearance of Superman. This was the comic that changed the direction of comic books as we know it. It introduced a costumed Super-Hero. The highest graded copy of Action Comics #1 one recently sold at auction for a record 2.16 million dollars.Here are the features for this issue.Superman: First a one page origin of Superman. Although Krypton isn't mentioned by name, Superman's place of origin is given as a 'distant planet' destroyed by old age, from which a scientist sent his infant son to Earth in a space-ship. There is no mention of Jonathan or Martha Kent, and rather than being adopted by the Kents, the motorist who discovered his space-ship merely turned Clark over to an orphanage. Superman's powers were originally...
- 1st apperance of Superman
- 1st apperance of Lois Lane
Format
Comic
Page Count
68 pages
Cover Price
$.10
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Key Events
First Appearance
Clark Kent as Superman
Prime Earth
First Appearance
John Zatara as Zatara
Prime Earth
First Appearance
Kal-L as Superman
Earth-Two
First Appearance
Lois Lane
Earth-Two
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