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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Action Comics #62"There'll Always Be a Superman"
Jul 1943
Action Comics #63"When Stars Collide"
Aug 1943
Action Comics #64"The Terrible Toyman"
Earliest catalogued appearance of Toyman (Schott).
Sep 1943
Action Comics #65"The Million-Dollar Marathon"
Oct 1943
Action Comics #66"The Boy Who Came Back"
Nov 1943
Action Comics #67"Make Way for Fate"
Dec 1943
Action Comics #68"Superman Meets Susie"
Jan 1944
Action Comics #69"The Lost-and-Found Mystery"
Feb 1944
Action Comics #70"Superman Takes a Holiday"
Mar 1944
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
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
Action Comics #74"Who's the Lady? ... Read The Courtship of Adelbert Dribble in this Issue!"
Jul 1944
All-Star Squadron #13"One Day, During the War..."
Earliest catalogued appearance of Charles Grayson.
Sep 1982
All-Star Squadron #31"Uncle Sam Wants You!"
Earliest catalogued appearances of Miss America (Dale), Richard Raleigh, and Manhunter (Richards).
Mar 1984
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #15
May 1986
All-Star Squadron #59"Out of the Ashes... Mechanique; Shanghaied into Hyperspace! Interlude Eight"
Jul 1986
All-Star Squadron #60"The End of the Beginning"
Aug 1986
Young All-Stars #3
Aug 1987
Secret Origins #29
Aug 1988
Young All-Stars Annual #1
Dec 1988
Young All-Stars #27
Jul 1989
The Golden Age #1
Sep 1993
The Golden Age #2
Oct 1993
The Golden Age #3
Feb 1994
DCU: Legacies #2
Aug 2010
Writers and artists on Tex Thompson's earliest appearances.
Action Comics
864 issues
All-Star Squadron
67 issues
DCU: Legacies
10 issues
Secret Origins
50 issues
The Golden Age
4 issues
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe
26 issues
Young All-Stars
31 issues
Young All-Stars Annual
1 issue
