Action Comics included in a number of trade paperbacks and hardcovers. These generally reprint only the Superman stories from the given issues. "Action Comics" #684 was part of "The Death of Superman" storyline which won the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for "Favorite Comic Book Story" for 1992. "Action Comics" #687–691 were part of "The Reign of the Supermen" storyline, which won the same award for 1993. 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
Action (comics) the title, with Mills, Wagner, and Steve MacManus contributing stories. The team evaluated several names, including "Boots" and "Dr Martens". The comic was briefly to have been called "Action 76", with the title incrementing each year, until it was named simply "Action". Many of the stories in "Action" were what Mills called "dead cribs", essentially rip-offs of popular films, books, and comic heroes. Rather than being a straight copy, the "cribs" in "Action" had their own slant on the idea. "Hook Jaw", for example, combined environmental issues with the graphic gore and shark anti-hero of Steven Spielberg's film "Jaws" (1975),