Action Comics by Cary Bates and Curt Swan in issue #432 (February 1974). Issues #437 (July 1974) and #443 (Jan. 1975) of the series were in the 100 Page Super Spectacular format. Martin Pasko wrote issue #500 (October 1979) which featured a history of the Superman canon as it existed at the time and was published in the Dollar Comics format. The superheroine Vixen made her first appearance in "Action Comics" #521 (July 1981). To mark the 45th anniversary of the series, Lex Luthor and Brainiac were both given an updated appearance in issue #544 (June 1983). Lex Luthor dons his war
Action Comics 1 relaunch, DC restored "Action Comics" original numbering, releasing Action Comics vol. 1 #957 after Action Comics vol. 2 #52. Subsequently, a commemorative poster celebrating 1000 issues of "Action Comics" was released in 2018, which retroactively listed all issues of the New 52 "Action Comics" vol. 2 with their cumulative issue numbers. As a result, "Action Comics" vol. 2 #1 is now also considered to be "Action Comics" vol. 1 #905 overall. Action Comics 1 "Action Comics" #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series "Action Comics". It features the first