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If you were looking for the [[British Comics|British comic serial]] ''named'' "Action!", see [[Action (comics)|here]].
If you were looking for the [[British Comics|British comic serial]] ''named'' "Action!", see [[Action (comics)|here]].


{{tropelist|Tropes Found In Action Comics (aside from those mentioned on the [[Superman]] page) include}}
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=== Tropes Found In Action Comics (aside from those mentioned on the [[Superman]] page): ===
* [[Aliens Made Them Do It]] -- [[Squick|The notorious issues #592 and #593.]]
* [[Aliens Made Them Do It]] -- [[Squick|The notorious issues #592 and #593.]]
* [[Anthology Comic]] -- Until Superman just [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|flat-out took over]].
* [[Anthology Comic]] -- Until Superman just [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|flat-out took over]].

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The One That Started It All


Action Comics first saw publication in June 1938. It's most famous for having the debut of Superman in its first issue. What many people do not realize, however, is that Action Comics, like most Comic Books of its day, was an anthology containing multiple unrelated stories. As such, Action Comics #1 also marked the debut of Zatara the magician, perhaps better known today as the father of Zatanna.

As times changed, comics began to drop the anthology format, and now Action Comics is mainly just another Superman title. The book returned to the anthology format for awhile in the 80s, becoming Action Comics Weekly, but that was short-lived.

The book reached issue 904 before being renumbered with a new #1 for DC's 2011 New 52 relaunch.

If you were looking for the British comic serial named "Action!", see here.

Tropes Found In Action Comics (aside from those mentioned on the Superman page) include