Action Comics revealed his identity as Superman to Lois Lane. Several major Superman storylines crossed over with "Action Comics" including "Emperor Joker" in 2000 and "Our Worlds at War" in 2001. John Byrne returned to "Action Comics" for issues #827–835 working with writer Gail Simone in 2005–2006. After the "One Year Later" company-wide storyline, "Action Comics" had a crossover arc with the "Superman" series, entitled "" which told of Clark Kent attempting to protect Metropolis without his powers until eventually regaining them. The "Last Son" storyline was written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, the director of the 1978 film "Superman: The
The Marvel Action Hour from both shows. In most markets, the second season was known as "Marvel Action Universe", which was the name of a previous syndicated programming block in the late 1980s, with the addition of "Biker Mice from Mars" extending the block to 90 minutes. The Marvel Action Hour The Marvel Action Hour, later Marvel Action Universe, was a syndicated television block from Genesis Entertainment featuring animated adaptions of Marvel Comics superheroes "Fantastic Four", "Iron Man" and "Biker Mice from Mars". "The Marvel Action Hour" debuted in 1994. "The Marvel Action Hour" lasted two seasons before being cancelled. The first half of