Celebrate issues of action comics with an allstar lineup of top talent as they pay tribute to the comic that started it all. Find great deals on ebay for action comics 1 and action comics 1 reprint. The indicia for this issue has an incorrect date of may 2011, the cover has the correct month june. Superman captures alex greer and takes him on an unpleasant joyride hopping from building to building scaring. Superman, superboy, supergirl, steel, the eradicator and the cyborg superman encounter the three doomsdays that lex luthor sent against the supermen. The celebration of 1,000 issues of action comics continues with a new, deluxe edition of the amazing comic that won raves when it hit comics shops in april. The fuss around the ninepage story by david goyer in. This is a subreddit based around sharing awesome, usually minimal and singlepurpose websites and webtools. The setting of the incident sets during the reallife 20112012 protests in iran. But thats not all this story will lay the grounds for an insanely epic story coming out this summer in the pages of action. Lex luthor finally goes mad and convinces himself that, if he cant have metropolis, nobody can. Like dcs previous titles, action comics was originally an anthology title featuring a number of different strips.
The most notable, of course, debuting in the first issue, was superman, which is widely regarded as the first superhero strip, and quickly spawned a flood of imitators. Written by paul cornell and guestsillustrated by pete woods, jesus marino, and guestssuperman returns to action comics just in time for the titles historic 900th issue, which clocks in at 100 pages. This hardcover includes all the stories from that issue, plus the tale by writer paul levitz and artist neal adams that appeared in the action comics. The decade beginning with the late 1930s is known as the golden age of comic books. This page will deal with the most valuable of all, golden age comic books.
It has a new final order cutoff of february 5 and an onsale date of april 11. From todays explosive action to a previously unpublished tale illustrated by the legendary curt swan to the man of tomorrows future, this very special, oversized issue presents the best of the best in superman. Action comics was the second longest running comic book series of all time, with only detective comics having been published longer. Happy 80th anniversary to the hero that started it all. Theres still only so much a single issue can do to encapsulate over 80 years of heroics, even. Everything paul cornell and pete woods have been building to over the last year. If i had the time, i am certain i could whip up 900 articles for the momentous occasion. Everything paul cornell and pete woods have been building to over the last year culminates here in t. At this time we are only accepting preordersubscription orders. Im a huge batman fan and would have loved to find some homage covers to a book id be lucky to ever see in person let alone own.
Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age. From todays explosive action to a previously unpublished tale illustrated by the legendary curt swan to the man of tomorrows futurethis very special, oversized issue presents the best of the best in superman stories. If this subreddit gets huge, awesome, if it does not, i will simply use it to back up my bookmarks. After 73 years and 900 issues of action comics, people will still pay attention to what superman says and does. Quickly speeding towards metropolis, superman arrives and quickly asks for doomsdays whereabouts. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the silver age began. Letters from readers jeff schwab, geoffrey lund, tom burns, randall gee, kenneth weaver, joe frank, joe kucharski iii, andy boswell and christopher good and responses from chris duffy. We are temporarily closed in accordance with coronvirus mitigation orders from the governor of texas. This week i wanted to go with a dc book and i thought that book would be detective comics 27.
Lois confronts superman and tells him of doomsdays fight with steel. I enjoyed donners coauthored storylines with johns on action comics a few years ago, but if this was donners first action comics work id have probably written him off as being there solely for a stunt name, rather than someone who had something to say. Superman returns to action comics just in time for the titles historic 900th issue, which clocks in at 100 pages. Read action comics 1938 comic online free and high quality. We are not accepting orders for new or back issue comics at this time. This comic book is also the first featuring a superhero, and is considered to be the most valuable comic in the world. Though lois worries about the fact that doomsday killed superman before, he reassures everyone hell win this fight. Almost 80 years later, this 80page special features the work of nearly two. Many of the superheroes from todays blockbuster franchises, including batman, superman, and captain america, emerged during this period, and the industry grew into a commercial powerhouse. Everything paul cornell and pete woods have been building to over the last year culminates here in the ultimate superman vs. The cyborg tries to fight them, but superman rips his central node off, knowing t. This isnt even the only homage to action 1 that guy did. In april 2011, the 900th issue of action comics was released.
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