Publication history of Superman have gone down to his local newsstand and asked a kid, "Why are you reading this one?" pointing to "Action Comics". "Because it's the one that has Superman in it, mister." The revised Superman first appeared in "Action Comics" #1, June 1938. Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to the company for $130 and a contract to supply the publisher with material. The "Saturday Evening Post" reported in 1960 that the pair was being paid $75,000 each per year, still a fraction of DC's Superman profits. In 1964, when Siegel and Shuster sued for more money, DC fired them, prompting
For Tomorrow (comics) an alternate universe version of the character. The "real" General Zod appears for the "first" time in the "" arc, which ran in "Action Comics" in 2006. The idea of Superman moving to a Peru jungle to construct a new Fortress of Solitude is a major story arc elaborated on prior to the events of "Identity Crisis" and "Infinite Crisis". He does not return to the Arctic Circle to rebuild the destroyed Fortress until the "One Year Later" arc "". In addition, Equus returns in "Countdown to Final Crisis" #36 (2007), in which he is trying to instigate a strike