Action Comics 1000 Action Comics 1000 "Action Comics" #1000 (cover dated Early June 2018) is the thousandth issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series "Action Comics". It features several Superman stories from a variety of creators, including previously unpublished artwork by Curt Swan, who drew Superman for decades. It was a commercial and critical success, being the most-ordered comic of the month. "Action Comics" #1000 is an anthology, and contains several Superman stories, mostly around five to ten pages, showcasing different eras of Superman's publication history and fictional life: "Action Comics" #1000 involved several creative teams working independently for multiple
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),