Action Comics Action Comics Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. A second volume of "Action Comics" beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. "Action Comics" returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016). Jerry Siegel
Action Man (comics) Action Man (comics) Action Man was a UK comic series published by Panini Comics, based on the . It ran for 138 issues between 1996 and January 18, 2006 before being surpassed by spin-off series "Action Man: A.T.O.M.". The comic was originally published every month, but this was later changed to every three weeks. The final editor was Ed Caruana, with previous editors including Rob Jones. The comic strip was the main feature for each issue. Initially, the stories in each issue featured little to no continuity between them. However, as the comic progressed, full story arcs would become more