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So who does Superman get to be now? While Matches Malone seems to get getting a revival in Batman #11, in Action Comics #11  we get fireman Johnny Clark, which a penchant for saving Friends references from burning buildings That's right, our superhero gets to be a real hro Just one who doesn't get burned,[...]

And if nothing else, we get a big fuck off Iron Man. And Action Comics #10 does quite a trick As Superman finds his world getting more and more exposed, he finds an escape clause I've been told that DC basically lt Grant Morrison do anything they want with Superman and everyone else has to catch[...]

Can anyone beat this? From Zatara The Magician by Gardner Fox and Fred Guardineer, in Action Comics #12 from 1939, courtesy of Comic Book Tit Bits… Zatara, as some may mention, was essentially of the ilk of Mandrake the Magician.  Wearing a top hat and tuxedo he would perform various astounding feats, aided by his manservant, Tong. [...]

Digital comics on Marvel.com are currently being served through a Flash player, which we all know aren't viewable on iOS devices. HitchWatch: Bryan Hitch draws an Action Comics variant Josh Adams really wants to buy it. DinoWatch: Steve Bissette creates a Tyrant In Slumberland print, the first Tyrant story I've seen in years… NoHoWatch: North Hollywood gets a[...]

Animal Man sees Maxine take on one of the earliest tricks that Alan Moore gave to Swamp Thing, while Swamp Thing gives us… well…. …wings. In Action Comics #8, I still find myself drawn to Lex Luther as a preferred protagonist for the book Paul Cornell spoiled me for this, I think But a man trying to[...]

I understand that once again, DC have a lock down on the top ten of comics distributed in North American comic shops, with the sixth issues of Justice League, Batman, Action Comics, Detective Comics, Green Lantern, Batman: The Dark Knight, Superman, Flash, Aquaman and Batman & Robin The only difference from January 2012 is that[...]

Though it does make me wonder if he'll ever turn that scientific curiousity on his own powers and get to the totem-less reasons why they actually work…     In Action Comics, Superman fights the Internet, everyone And yet again I find myself rooting for Lex Luthor What is wrong with me? I expect Hell, Yeah! to be in[...]

Action Comics #1 is to get a fifth printing with a recoloured first print cover, for March 28th Aren't they running out of colours by now? Obviously not, Detective Comics #1 gets a sixth printing on the same date Batman #1 gets a fourth printing, Batman #4 gets a third printing, Batman: The Dark Knight #1[...]

An amazing find. 345 comics found, neatly stacked in a closet, discovered by the late owner's great nephew, in Virginia. And they include Action Comics #1 Decective Comics #27 Captain America #2 All American Comics #16 Batman #1 Marvel Comics #1 Indeed, 45 of what are considered the most collectible comics of all time were in that[...]

Where retailers gather to discuss issues, raise problems, discover new possibilites, network and… get free swag. Well, it pays for the air fare. This year, attendees will get the following. Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #1 Retailer Variants. Exclusive version of Popeye #1. Variant cover of a new Image title. The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song GN by David[...]

In a preview of Gene Ha's work from an upcoming issue of Action Comics #9, the DC Source has shown us that the Superman of a parallel Earth isn't the old white guy you might once have known, but a rather buff black man. Grant Morrison recently gave us a black superman President in Final Crisis,[...]

You pick up the Action Comics #6 Combo edition You open the bag, you wait the appropriate amount of time, you flip to the DC Download Code page and… …damn. Hey, is this an ultra rare variant? You pick up the Action Comics #6 Combo edition You open the bag, you wait the appropriate amount of time,[...]

Just like in Hulk: Future Imperfect… Once upon a time, a copy of Action Comics was pulped because it featured Clark Kent drinking a bottle of root beer with his dad In today's time twisting issue featuring the Legion of Superheroes, Clark seems to be taking a more violent approach to this beverage He's doing Paul[...]

Including the Co-Op ad they ran for Action Comics, using provided DC materials in compliance with DC's rules which meant that DC paid for 75% of the advertising buy A previous ad saw Superman facing down Occupy Metropolis Well this one, running in the state local press, gets a little more down with the birds[...]

While the cover to Action Comics #8 features Superman and the Collectors, messing around with Bottle cities and Bottle people, the cover to Superman #8 features a rather prominent Wildstorm bad guy the Daemonite high lord Helspont To date, Daemonites had been seen in the Wildstorm titles Grifter, Voodoo and Stormwatch, with the spinoff title[...]

Pick up Action Comics #4 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales and read that Given that you'd read issues 1 to 3 of course. However, if you're not intending to read Action Comics #4, maybe you're an old time fan jaded by the new approach, it's possible, just possible, this article may give you reason to[...]

By the end of the day today, one of the most impressive Superman collections assembled in one auction will close, with the highlight being an much discussed Action Comics #1, graded 9.0 by CGC, making it the highest graded copy to go up for sale In March of last year, a CGC 8.5 copy sold[...]

For example, there's this CGC 9.9 Action Comics #1, which sold for an ungodly $511.99 There are over 100,000 first printings of this book in circulation, with scores more of second and third printings There is no way whatsoever that this book will ever be worth anywhere near close to this, especially since DC is[...]

A freak of a comic this one. Action Comics #3 If Grant is showing a world in which Superman can operate as a socialist superhero.Here, he portrays the other side of the equation, the Krypton upper class, building their fortress and exiling themselves after being set upon by protesters Mind you, a 20 page comic for[...]

DC Comics run a co-op advertising scheme where they will pay 75% of the cost of a comic store's advertising as long as they only feature DC product and

And in the New 52? We'll start to find out in January, it seems… Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Super January: Grant Morrison And Andy Kubert Reveal Superman's New Origin? One of the things I like about the new Action Comics is the specific reference to some of the key iconography of the earliest days of the original series,[...]

One of the things I like about the new Action Comics is the specific reference to some of the key iconography of the earliest days of the original series, mixed in there with the new themes  So the cover and solicit blurb for Action Comics #5 has my interest — are they about to dive[...]

DC tells The New York Post: DC will reveal some big-time creators who'll be jumping on board the "New 52" — the 52 titles it just launched with fresh takes on iconic characters like Superman, the Flash and Wonder Woman. The first name to drop is Andy Kubert joining Grant Morrison on Action Comics for #5 and[...]

More surprisingly, the heavily hyped Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 only comes in at ninth place. This month, Batman #1 became literally the standard against which all other books are judged, the bestselling comic of the month, just ahead of Action Comics #1 (in sales if not dollars) and well ahead of all the other books, and[...]

Anna and Aaron from A Comic Shop in Florida flips through tomorrow's comics today and they both enjoy Action Comics #2, Swamp Thing #2 and Animal Man #2, and divide over Detective Comics #2 and Red Lanterns #2 Guess how. And Anna pushes Last Of The Greats from Image despite Aaron's protestations Less so over Axe[...]

I've been told that orders for Action Comics #2 have "gone to backorder" on Diamond Comic Distributors' site, which means retailers are currently unable to increase their orders for the title without being sure they'll get copies All available copies have been snapped up by stores increasing their orders,. While this won't include copies that have[...]

Action Comics #1 was 29 pages long, and subsequent issues look like they'll be of a similar or greater size We've already heard that Brent Anderson of Astro City fame will be contributing a few pages to an upcoming issue to help out, now Bleeding Cool understands that Gene Ha of[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that both Batgirl #1 and Action Comics #1 will get third prints, to arrive in stores for October 12th Just a with the second prints, Batgirl and Action Comics third prints will get a common colour theme. They join Justice League #1 and Justice League Combo #1 in third prints. Something tells me a[...]

Pretty much Warren Ellis' final word on the superhero. Until his next one. The end of the world, narrated by a survivor (for now) and a look at how the

Above, Superman as seen in Action Comics #1 this week in a Superman T-short, blue jeans and with something red around his shoulders acting as a cape A reinvention of the character based on the original version as created by Jewish creators Joe Siegel and Jerry Schuster. Below, Egyptian activists celebrate as they demolish a concrete[...]