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SERIES
Action Comics #1
"Superman, Champion of the Oppressed"
June 1938
First appearance of Superman (Kal-L). First appearance of Lois Lane. Earliest catalogued appearances of Zatara, Tex Thompson, George Taylor, and 3 more.
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Action Comics #1"Superman, Champion of the Oppressed"
Jun 1938
No listings
Action Comics #2"War in San Monte"
Earliest catalogued appearance of Fat Man.
Jul 1938
Action Comics #5"Superman and the Dam"
Oct 1938
Action Comics #6"The Man Who Sold Superman"
Nov 1938
Action Comics #7"Superman Joins the Circus"
Dec 1938
Action Comics #9"[Untitled]"
Feb 1939
Action Comics #10"Superman Goes to Prison"
Mar 1939
Superman #1
Earliest catalogued appearances of Martha Kent and Jonathan Kent.
Jun 1939
Action Comics #15"The Ice Menace"
Aug 1939
Superman #2
Sep 1939
Superman #3
Action Comics #18"The Atlantis Mystery"
Earliest catalogued appearances of Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill, and Whistler Will.
Nov 1939
Action Comics #22"The Mask"
Mar 1940
Superman #4"Superman versus Luthor"
Action Comics #23"Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Treasure Tower"
First appearance of Lex Luthor. Earliest catalogued appearance of Black Pirate.
Apr 1940
Action Comics #25"Amnesiac Robbers"
Jun 1940
Superman #5
Action Comics #26"Professor Cobalt's Quack Clinic"
Jul 1940
Action Comics #27"The Brentwood Rehabilitation Home"
Aug 1940
Action Comics #28"The Strong-Man Robberies"
Sep 1940
Superman #6"Very Truly Yours, Clark Kent (Superman)"
Action Comics #29"The Life Insurance Scam"
Oct 1940
Action Comics #30"A Summer Snow"
Nov 1940
Superman #7"World's Greatest Adventure-Strip Character"
First appearance of Perry White.
Action Comics #31"The Hand of Morpheus"
Dec 1940
Action Comics #32"The Preston Gambling Racket"
Jan 1941
Superman #8
Action Comics #33"The Lumber Millionaire's Will"
Feb 1941
Action Comics #34"The Coal Mine Heiress"
Mar 1941
Superman #9
Action Comics #35"The Worthless Gold Mine"
Apr 1941
Action Comics #36"Fifth Columnists"
May 1941
Superman #10
Action Comics #37"Clark Kent, Police Commissioner"
Jun 1941
Action Comics #38"Hypnosis by Radio"
Jul 1941
Superman #11
World's Finest Comics #2
Action Comics #39"The Man With the Radioactive Touch"
Aug 1941
Action Comics #40"The Reformation of Nancy Thorgenson"
Earliest catalogued appearances of Star-Spangled Kid and Pat Dugan.
Sep 1941
Superman #12
Action Comics #41"The Sabotage Ring"
Oct 1941
Action Comics #42"Superman: "The Empire in the Sky""
Earliest catalogued appearance of Vigilante (Saunders).
Nov 1941
Superman #13
Earliest catalogued appearance of Jimmy Olsen.
Action Comics #43"The Pilot's Revenge"
Dec 1941
World's Finest Comics #4"Superman, Batman and Robin, Zatara, Sandman, Red White & Blue : Winter Issue"
Action Comics #44"Galloping Gold!"
Jan 1942
Superman #14"Concerts of Doom; The Invention Thief; The Undersea City; The Lightning Master"
World's Finest Comics #5"The Case of the Flying Castle; The Man Who Stole a Bank; Murder in Three Acts; The Case of the Crime Clown; Wings for America; Gems of Jeopardy; Rubies for Ransom; The Adventure of the Good-Hearted Gangster; Crime Takes a Holiday"
Earliest catalogued appearances of Dyna-Mite and T.N.T..
Action Comics #45"Superman: "Superman's Ark""
Feb 1942
Action Comics #46"The Devil's Playground; Crimes in Color; The Djinn; Iron Giant; The Death of Congo Bll; Fights the Nazis in Europe"
Earliest catalogued appearance of Rainbow Man.
Mar 1942
Superman #15
Action Comics #47"Powerstone; The Green Cowled Menace; Go to War; The Skeletons in Armor; The Red Khan; Nargo, the Ruler of Atlantis"
Apr 1942
World's Finest Comics #6"Summer Issue"
Action Comics #48"The Adventure of the Merchant of Murder; Crime's Caravan; The Adventure of the Secret Submarine; The Pied Piper of Doom; Suddenly at War; The Case of the Maddening Music"
May 1942
Superman #16
Action Comics #49"The Wizard of Chance"
Jun 1942
Action Comics #50"The Professional Baseball Player; The Man Who Came Back; The Island Where Time Stood Still; Blackmail; The Man of a Thousand Lives; The Case of the Man Who Could Not Die"
Jul 1942
Superman #17
Action Comics #51"The Case of the Crimeless Crimes"
Earliest catalogued appearance of Prankster.
Aug 1942
Action Comics #52"The Emperor of America; Sing a Song of Six Guns; The Battle of a Thousand Years; The Case of the Stolen Spectacles; The One Man Army; Crime on Ice"
Sep 1942
Superman #18
Action Comics #53"The Man Who Put Out the Sun; The Blackout Blues; Wings Over the Pacific; Americommando and the Cinema Saboteur; The Man who Played King; Crooks - Handle with Care"
Oct 1942
Action Comics #54"The Pirate of Pleasure Island; The Rookie who Fought a Ghost; Fire Over Yunnanfu Road; Idol of Doom; Recipe for Robbery"
Nov 1942
Superman #19"Case of the Funny Paper Crimes"
Action Comics #55"A Goof Named Tiny Rufe; Bullets for Breakfast; Ace of Fire; Escape from the Scaffold; A Modern Robinson Crusoe; Crimes by Coincidence"
Dec 1942
Action Comics #56"Design for Doom; Melody of Menace; Warhawks of Greenland; The Man the Whole World Feared; The Game for Life; The Case of the Phoney Funny Man"
Jan 1943
Superman #20
Action Comics #57"Crime's Comedy King!; The Fued of Rimfire Ridge!; Veiled Desert Bandits!; Mightier than the Sword; The Galloping Ghosts; Treasure Trove"
Feb 1943
World's Finest Comics #9"One Second to Live"
Action Comics #58"The Face of Adonis!; The Dummy and the Dumbbell; Double-X for the Axis; The Brigade of the Biting Rabbit!; The Full-Dress Rebellion!; The Seven Year Itch!"
Mar 1943
Superman #21
Action Comics #59"Cinderella - a la Superman!; Fiddler's Fee!; Sky Knights of Malta; Missive for Mussolini; The Phantom Warriors!; Crime Takes a Detour"
Earliest catalogued appearance of Susie Tompkins.
Apr 1943
Action Comics #60"Lois Lane--Superwoman!; Rainbow over Crimeville; The Lieutenant from Corregidor!; Rations for Victory; Jungle Justice!; Styles in Crime"
May 1943
Superman #22"Meet the Squiffles"
Action Comics #61"The Man They Wouldn't Believe; The Cat and the Fiddler; One Arabian Night; The Dikes of Death; A Blowout in Istanbul; The Man Who Stole Magic"
Jun 1943
World's Finest Comics #10
Earliest catalogued appearance of Super Sleuth McFooey.
Action Comics #62"There'll Always Be a Superman"
Jul 1943
Superman #23
Action Comics #63"When Stars Collide"
Aug 1943
Action Comics #64"The Terrible Toyman"
Earliest catalogued appearance of Toyman (Schott).
Sep 1943
World's Finest Comics #11
Action Comics #65"The Million-Dollar Marathon"
Oct 1943
Superman #24
Action Comics #66"The Boy Who Came Back"
Nov 1943
Superman #25"Your Friend, Superman"
Action Comics #67"Make Way for Fate"
Dec 1943
World's Finest Comics #12"Winter Issue"
Action Comics #68"Superman Meets Susie"
Jan 1944
Superman #26"Radio Berlin"
Earliest catalogued appearance of E. Wilbur Wolfingham.
Action Comics #69"The Lost-and-Found Mystery"
Feb 1944
Action Comics #70"Superman Takes a Holiday"
Mar 1944
Superman #27
World's Finest Comics #13"Fight paper Waste- And Hang One On The Paper-Hanger of Berlin!"
Action Comics #71"Valentine Villainy"
Apr 1944
Action Comics #72"Superman and the Super-Movers; Private Pete; The Guns of Killer Haines; The Perfect Double; Be A Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons; Choose Your Weapon; Out of Nowhere; Cargoes of Death; Magic Knights"
May 1944
Superman #28
Action Comics #73"The Hobby Robbers; Molly; Dirge on a Bull Fiddle; Growler and Prowler; Renegade Roundup; A Good Sign; The Return of Dr. Ito; Our Friends in War, Work & Service; Rocks of Riches"
Jun 1944
World's Finest Comics #14
Action Comics #74"Who's the Lady? ... Read The Courtship of Adelbert Dribble in this Issue!"
Jul 1944
Superman #29"You're My Supermen!"
Writers and artists on Lois Lane's earliest appearances.
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23 issues
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13 issues
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