Action Comics Action Comics Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. A second volume of "Action Comics" beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. "Action Comics" returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016). Jerry Siegel
Action of 6 May 1801 to defend his ship. Cochrane obliged, with the equivocal wording that he had 'conducted himself like a true Spaniard'. "El Gamo" was subsequently sold to the ruler of Algiers as a merchantman. This battle inspired Patrick O'Brian in the novel "Master and Commander", where, in a very similar manner, the brig HMS Sophie escapes from, then lures and captures the Spanish Xebeque-frigate Cacafuego, as the first major battle of his main character Jack Aubrey. Action of 6 May 1801 The Action of 6 May 1801 was a minor naval engagement between the 32-gun xebec-frigate "El Gamo" of the Spanish Navy