Action Comics #1 – DC Comics (1987)

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Action Comics #1 – DC Comics (1987) Publisher: DC Year: 1987 Writers: Fred Guardineer, Gardner Fox, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Ken Fitch, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Vincent Sulliv an, Will Ely Artists: Bernard Baily, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Jack Adler, Joe Shuster, Russell Cole, Sheldon Moldoff, Sven Elven, Will Ely Characters: Alex Greer, Babe Ruth, Bea Carroll, Blacky, Boomerang, Bret Coleman, Butch Matson, Charles Boyer, Chuck Dawson, Constance Bennett (+5 more) 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.Fun fact: The highest graded copy of Action Comics #1 was sold at an auction, for a record 2.16 million dollars. in the year 2011.Here are the features for this issue.Superman [1] [Champion of the Oppressed] (by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster). 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 quite limited compared to those in the Golden Age books. He couldn't fly (although he could "leap tall... Data provided by ComicVine Show more