Action Comics 1 its original numbering with issue #957, published on June 8, 2016 (cover-dated August). On August 24, 2014, a copy graded 9.0 by CGC was sold on eBay for US$3,207,852. It is the only comic book to have sold for more than $3 million for a single original copy. "Action Comics" #1 was an anthology, and contained eleven features: Published on April 18, 1938 (cover-dated June), by National Allied Publications, a corporate predecessor of DC Comics, it is considered the first true superhero comic; and though today "Action Comics" is a monthly title devoted to Superman, it began, like many early
Action of 25 November 1804 six minutes without an answer, opened fire on "Amfitrite". The engagement lasted only eight minutes, and resulted in a number of deaths, including the first Spanish captain, who fell to a musket ball. "Amfitrite" surrendered and after being searched, was found to be laden with stores and carrying dispatches from Cadiz to Tenerife and Havana. She was taken over and later commissioned into the Navy as HMS "Amfitrite". "Donegal" would later make another capture off Cadiz, taking a Spanish vessel carrying a cargo reputed to be worth 200,000 pounds. Action of 25 November 1804 The Action of 25 November 1804