Action Comics

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American comic book comic book issue comic book series

Action Comics is a long-running American comic book series from DC Comics, best known for introducing Superman and helping launch the superhero genre.

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Label Occurrences
Action Comics canonical 15

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American comic book ⓘ
comic book issue ⓘ
comic book issue ⓘ
comic book series ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverCharacter Superman ⓘ
createdBy Jerry Siegel ⓘ
Joe Shuster ⓘ
debutCharacter Superman ⓘ
firstIssueCoverDate 1938-06 ⓘ
firstIssueNumber 1 ⓘ
firstIssuePublicationDate 1938-04-18 ⓘ
genre superhero comics ⓘ
hasArtist various ⓘ
hasCollectedEditions hardcover collections ⓘ
trade paperbacks ⓘ
hasColorist various ⓘ
hasRebootOrRelaunch DC Rebirth ⓘ
surface form: DC Rebirth era

The New 52 ⓘ
surface form: The New 52 relaunch
hasSpinOff Superman ⓘ
surface form: Superman (comic book series)
hasWriter various ⓘ
helpedLaunch superhero genre ⓘ
imprint DC Comics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSetting Metropolis ⓘ
mainUniverse DC Universe ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
milestoneIssueCount 1000 ⓘ
notableAnniversaryIssue Action Comics #1000 ⓘ
notableCharacter Jimmy Olsen ⓘ
Lex Luthor ⓘ
Lois Lane (fictional character) ⓘ
surface form: Lois Lane

Perry White ⓘ
Superman ⓘ
notableFor early example of superhero comic ⓘ
first appearance of Superman ⓘ
notableIssue Action Comics #1 ⓘ
originalFormat ongoing series ⓘ
originalPriceOfIssue1 10 cents ⓘ
primaryAudience adults ⓘ
teenagers ⓘ
publicationFrequency monthly ⓘ
publicationYear 1938 ⓘ
2018 ⓘ
publisher DC Comics ⓘ
rightsHolder DC Comics ⓘ
series Action Comics self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lois Lane (fictional character) → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
subject surface form: Lois Lane
Jonathan Kent → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
Jor-El → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
Martha Kent → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
Perry White → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
Metropolis → firstAppearanceWork → Action Comics ⓘ
Gerry Conway (comics writer) → wroteForSeries → Action Comics ⓘ
subject surface form: Gerry Conway
Lana Lang → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
Jimmy Olsen → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
Joe Shuster → notablePublication → Action Comics ⓘ
Action Comics #1 → series → Action Comics ⓘ
Lucy Lane → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
Action Comics → series → Action Comics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Action Comics #1
Sam Lane → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ
James Olsen → appearsIn → Action Comics ⓘ