Action Comics #1 is iconic. It was written and drawn by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938, features Superman and Lois Lane's first appearances and is widely considered the first superhero comic ...

Superman first debuted in Action Comics #1, one of the most important comic books ever printed. It kicked off the superhero genre, paving the way for the DC and Marvel Universes to take off.

Publisher DC Comics ... superhero genre. And now, this genre has been the backbone of Hollywood blockbusters for the better part of the last two decades. But what about the other legacy of Action ...

By Aaron Couch Film Editor A copy of Action ... comics of all time. Within its pages, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster introduce the world to Superman, the hero who launched the superhero genre ...

Among collectors, Action Comics #1 is considered the most important comic book ever issued, Zurzolo said, adding, “The superhero genre essentially was born with this issue, as was the Golden Age ...

An issue of Action ... 1 is so high that a version graded at just 0.5 sold for $408,000 in September. The book, from creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, is arguably the most important in ...

The modern superhero was born in 1938, when Cleveland friends and collaborators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster debuted Superman in Action Comics #1. So few copies of the comic are known to exist in ...

Superman debuted in June 1938’s Action Comics #1, giving birth to superheroes. But in 1931, seven years before that and three years before Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster invented him, Japanese ...

DC Comics may have been named for the title Detective Comics, but the most important comic in the publisher’s library is Action Comics #1. Although DC (then called National Comics) had existed ...