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Action comics first saw publication on april 18, 1938, though its first issue was cover dated june 1938. W scott snyder a rafael albuquerque, sebastian fiumara ca rafael. From may 24, 1988 march 14, 1989, the publication frequency was changed to weekly, the title changed to action comics weekly, and the series became an anthology. Prior to its launch, dc cancelled its ongoing green lantern corps title, and made green lantern and his adventures exclusive to action comics weekly. All comics come with board and bag to keep it protected. Measuring 14 inches or so in height, this book is very large, so the illustrations inside really pop. A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
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The series was published weekly from may 24, 1988 to march 14, 1989. In 2018, it became only the second american comic book in history after the 1930s1960s dell comics title four color to publish a 1,000th issue aside from its venerable publication history, action comics is more famously known as the birthplace. Action comics 2016 3rd series action comics philippine series 1938 atlas publishing. Its most famous for having the debut of superman in its first issue. That particular issue of action comics is the highest selling comic of all time. Please only report variant missing issues after attempting a thorough search, and do not submit false information. Earlier variants include the test price variant in which a comic was produced with one version that had an increase in price on the cover compared to the other. Dynamic forces marvel, dc, dynamite, signed comics. Tm and may not be used on other websites without prior authorization.
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