Action Comics 1 comics, as an anthology. "Action Comics" was started by publisher Jack Liebowitz. The first issue had a print run of 200,000 copies, which promptly sold out, although it took some time for National to realize that the "Superman" strip was responsible for sales of the series that would soon approach 1,000,000 a month. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were paid $10 per page, for a total of $130 for their work on this issue. Liebowitz would later say that selecting Superman to run in "Action Comics" #1 was "pure accident" based on deadline pressure and that he selected a "thrilling"
Action Comics 1000 that sold the most issues as well as the one that made the most money in the North American market in April 2018, according to Diamond Comic Distributors; the final tally for April was 449,787 units. In contrast, "The Amazing Spider-Man" #800—another heavily promoted milestone issue released in the following month of May—sold 411,480 copies to retailers. "Action Comics" #1000 also charted in May, as the 23rd most-ordered comic with another 52,129 units sold. 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".