Action Comics strong sales and follow up investigations revealed that Superman was the reason, thus the character returned to the covers, becoming a permanent presence in issue 19 onward. Originally, "Action Comics" was an anthology title featuring a number of other stories in addition to the Superman story. Zatara, a magician, was one of the other characters who had his own stories in early issues. There was the hero Tex Thompson, who eventually became Mr. America and later the Americommando. Vigilante enjoyed a lengthy run in this series. Sometimes stories of a more humorous nature were included, such as those of Hayfoot
Action Lab Comics as a "superhero dark comedy"; "Fracture" was written by Shawn Gabborin, with art by Chad Cicconi and Dave Dwonch. Pryor's campaign surpassed its funding goal by nearly 10%, allowing Action Lab to schedule the book's first issue for a July, 2011 release; the release would also mark Action Lab's entrance into the direct market. In October 2011, the company released two books: the horror-suspense one-shot "Snowed In", written by Shawn Gabborin with art by Rick Lundeen, and the first issue of the all-ages fantasy title "Princeless", written by Jeremy Whitley, with art by Mia Goodwin. "Princeless", featuring the teenage Princess