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 of 17 November 1917 to become prisoners of war in the United States. Action of 17 November 1917 The Action of 17 November 1917 was a naval battle of the First World War. The action was fought between a German U-boat and two United States Navy destroyers in the North Atlantic Ocean. Based in Queenstown, Ireland, USS "Fanning" and her sister destroyer USS "Nicholson" patrolled the eastern waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Their mission was to escort convoys and rescue survivors of sunken merchant ships as well as to seek out and destroy German U-boats. While escorting the eight vessel convoy OQ-20 eastbound, the