Action Comics 1 its original numbering with issue #957, published on June 8, 2016 (cover-dated August). On August 24, 2014, a copy graded 9.0 by CGC was sold on eBay for US$3,207,852. It is the only comic book to have sold for more than $3 million for a single original copy. "Action Comics" #1 was an anthology, and contained eleven features: Published on April 18, 1938 (cover-dated June), by National Allied Publications, a corporate predecessor of DC Comics, it is considered the first true superhero comic; and though today "Action Comics" is a monthly title devoted to Superman, it began, like many early
Action of 5 November 1916 Action of 5 November 1916 The Action of 5 November 1916 was a naval engagement of the First World War. The action was fought between a Royal Navy submarine and a dreadnought squadron of the Imperial German Navy. This action took place in the months after the Battle of Jutland and is significant in that it signalled a major shift in German naval policy. On 2 November 1916, the German U-boat suffered a mechanical failure while patrolling off the Norwegian coast. She sent a distress signal which was answered by , which was returning from patrol northabout from Ireland. They