History ComicBook / ActionComics

* ''[[ComicBook/TheOzEffect Action Comics #985-992: The Oz Effect]]''

* ''[[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton Action Comics #252: The Supergirl from Krypton]]''

* AnthologyComic: Until Superman just [[SpotlightStealingSquad flat-out took over]].
** The series went back to an anthology format in 1988 with ''Action Comics Weekly'', running from issues 601-642 before Superman took over again, and the comic returned to the monthly format.

* ''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsActionComics Action Comics (Vol. 2) #0-9: Grant Morrison's Action Comics]]''

* ''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsActionComics Action Comics #0-9: Grant Morrison's Action Comics]]''

For several decades now, ''Action Comics'' has held the honor of being the Holy Grail of comic book collecting: an original edition of a [[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumberOne number 1 issue]] in good shape is worth ''well'' over a million dollars. Not bad considering that the [[RidiculousFutureInflation original cover price in 1938 was ten cents]].

* ''[[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumberOne Action Comics #1: Superman, Champion of the Oppressed]]''

* ''[[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252 Action Comics #252: The Supergirl from Krypton]]''

* ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing''
* ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind''
* ''ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsActionComics''
* ''ComicBook/TheGreatPhantomPeril''
* ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron''
* ''ComicBook/TheImmortalSuperman''
* ''ComicBook/LastSon''
* ''ComicBook/TheOzEffect''
* ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday''
* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndTheLegionOfSuperHeroes''
* ''Comicbook/SupermanBrainiac''
* ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl''
* ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity''
* ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne''
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''

* BellyDancer: In issue #592, Big Barda was temporarily hypnotized by Sleez and was forced to dance for his own entertainment.

* ''[[ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay Action Comics #775: What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and The American Way?]]''

* VariantCover: #1000 takes it UpToEleven as there are ''eight'' covers depicting Superman in the style of each decade: Steve Rude (TheThirties), Michael Cho (TheForties), Dave Gibbons (TheFifties), Michael Allred (TheSixties), Creator/JimSteranko (TheSeventies), Joshua Middleton (TheEighties), Dan Jurgens (TheNineties)[[note]]Since Jurgens was the artist during that period, DC basically told him "You do you, Dan."[[/note]] and Lee Bermejo (TheNoughties).

For several decades now, ''Action Comics'' has held the honor of being the Holy Grail of comic book collecting: an original edition of a number 1 issue in good shape is worth ''well'' over a million dollars. Not bad considering that the [[RidiculousFutureInflation original cover price in 1938 was ten cents]].

In April 2018, ''Action Comics'' reached its [[MilestoneCelebration 1000th issue]], officially making it [[LongRunners one of the longest-running continual comic series ever published]].

* AliensMadeThemDoIt: Issues #592 and #593 feature a New God named Sleez brainwashing Big Barda and Superman and forcing them to perform for a smut video.

''Action Comics'' first saw publication on April 18, 1938, though its first issue was cover dated June 1938. It's most famous for having the debut of Franchise/{{Superman}} in its first issue. What many people do not realize, however, is that ''Action Comics'', like most ComicBooks of its day, was an [[AnthologyComic anthology]] containing multiple unrelated stories. As such, ''Action Comics'' #1 also marked the debut of Zatara the magician, perhaps better known today as the father of Comicbook/{{Zatanna}}.

* ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''

* ''[[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumberOne Action Comics #1]]''
* ''[[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252 The Supergirl from Krypton]]''
* ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay''
* ''Comicbook/LastSon''
* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndTheLegionOfSuperHeroes''
* ''Comicbook/SupermanBrainiac''
* ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing'' (Creator/PaulCornell's story arc with Lex Luthor as VillainProtagonist)

* BreakoutCharacter: The Man of Steel himself, believe it or not. He started out as just one of many characters in the comic, but he became so popular that by issue #14, he was placed on the cover on a permanent basis.

For several decades now, ''Action Comics'' has held the honor of being the Holy Grail of comic book collecting: an original edition of a number 1 issue in good shape is worth over a million dollars. Not bad considering that the [[RidiculousFutureInflation original cover price in 1938 was ten cents]].