So April 18, is when National received the copyright date for Action Comics 1. That, though, is categorically NOT when the comic book was actually released into stores. Typically speaking, it would be a couple of weeks after the copyright date. The most likely release date, though, is probably May 3, , as theorized by Mike Voiles of the always amazing so amazing that it is even in the title , Mike's Amazing World , who noted that Action Comics was released early in the month at the time and since they were released on Tuesdays, the first Tuesday in May in was May 3 and hence, May 3, Could Mike be slightly off?
Perhaps, but the main thing is that whenever the comic was actually released, it definitely was NOT on April 18, Thanks to the Grand Comics Database for this week's covers! Feel free heck, I implore you! My e-mail address is cronb01 aol. If you want to order a copy, ordering it here gives me a referral fee. The cover is by Kevin Hopgood the fellow who designed War Machine's armor.
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Bruns Fox Publications April 6 and 7, , the on-sale date for this issue is described by Jack Liebowitz as being April 18, However, in an interview in Comic Book Marketplace 33, Ed Eisenberg claimed to have originated the color scheme for Superman as an employee of Strauss Engraving Company, which did the coloring for DC at the time. Edit cover. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is given.
First Line of Dialogue or Text A tireless figure races thru the night seconds count He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.
Indexer Notes Superman wears blue boots. Pencils Homer Fleming signed as H. First Line of Dialogue or Text When Charles Dawson, owner of the Circle-D Ranch is killed in a bloody Texas range war, his young son and only heir goes to live with an uncle, a horse raiser in Wyoming - Feature Logo "Chuck" Dawson Genre adventure; western-frontier Characters Chuck Dawson origin introduction ; Notch Logan villain ; John Burwell villain ; "Trigger" Holt villain ; Butch villain ; Dan Dawson Synopsis Chuck begins a vendetta aginst the crooked ranch owners who have, by fraud, acquired the range lands he inherited after his father's death.
First Line of Dialogue or Text Beeg airplane! He gets a lucky break to make good his escape. They are sent on a mission to satisfy a request from the Khan of Tartary for priests and men of learning. Feature Logo Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter Genre adventure; detective-mystery Characters Rusty James introduction ; Scoop Scanlon introduction ; Arnold villain Synopsis An international jewel thief arrives in America as a prisoner, but Scoop and Rusty are on hand to witness his escape with the help of his gang lying in wait.
Feature Logo Tex Thomson Genre adventure; detective-mystery Characters Tex Thomson introduction, see notes ; Bob; Betty; unnamed gangster chief intro, villain, death ; Monk villain ; Sonja villain Synopsis Ken is framed for the murder of a man, and, with the help of Betty and Bobby, sets out to prove his innocence.
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff? Synopsis added by Delich. First Line of Dialogue or Text Take it easy, horsey, we'll finish in the money anyhow! View Change History. But Jerry [Siegel] felt that way as a young man very clearly and powerfully and he was able to bring that in and that was kind of new.
His Superman really looks like a guy who could lift a car. The commemorative anthology has a number of essays by other writers. What do they address? The fun of putting this book together was getting people of different perspectives. Jules Feiffer, who is about as awarded a creative person as a human being can be—he was the first formal historian of comics with his book, The Great Comic Book Heroes —is able to give first person witness to what it was like when Action Comics 1 came out.
David Hajdu is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and his book is the wonderful, The cent Plague. He writes about Clark Kent, the reporter.
As a former publisher of Superman and Action Comics , do you have any reflections on the character in ? If you want to listen to a tune you have to go to an obscure channel on Sirius XM.
The movies of are all on Turner Classic, and of course respected, but kids today? Jerry and Joe fervently believed that would be true [when they created Superman]. But many creative people have believed that about their characters and most of them have been wrong.
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