Action Comics #1 collection
Action Comics #1
Original first printing
Superman lifts a green automobile over his head while frightened onlookers flee. Joe Shuster’s cover, dated June 1938, became one of the most quoted compositions in comics.
- Cover artist
- Joe Shuster
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Published
- 1938
- Subject
- Superman
- Homage to
- Action Comics #1 (1938)
- Research status
- Artwork and edition documented; artist credit confirmed
- Homage type
- Original cover
- Catalog ID
- ac1-0000
Known related editions
These use the same core artwork and are grouped as editions rather than separate homage covers.
- Famous First Edition C-26 — 1974
- Millennium Edition — 2000
- Facsimile and licensed reprint editions — original Joe Shuster artwork
Research sources
Reviewed October 2026. Reported limits and unconfirmed source details are labeled above.
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