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Cover image for Action Comics #1041
Superman may be the hero needed in this preview of Action Comics #1041, but Midnighter is the hero this villain deserves Because he deserved no less than to be sworn at, gutted by an ax, and then vomited on Check out the preview below. ACTION COMICS #1041 DC Comics 0122DC095 0122DC096 – Action Comics #1041 Julian Totino Tedesco Cover[...]
Superman Battles Brainiac For The First Time, On Auction Today
On auction at ComicConnect right now is an affordable CGC 2.5 copy of Action Comics #242, his debut, and also the debut of the bottle city of Kandor This is a classic issue, this one is currently at $320 as of this writing, so some of us could afford to buy it Check it out[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1040 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
When Mongul tries to start some family drama, Superman is forced to intervene in this preview of Action Comics #1040, in stores Tuesday from DC Will they go one-on-one in the arena? Personally, we'd at least have brought a steel chair Check out the preview below. ACTION COMICS #1040 DC Comics 1221DC047 1221DC048 – ACTION COMICS #1040 CVR B[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1039 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
Welcome to Friday Night Previews, where we attach snarky headlines to previews of next week's comics and call it "journalism." Superman battles in the gladiatorial arenas of WarWorld in this preview of Action Comics #1039, in stores Tuesday from DC Comics Check out the preview below. ACTION COMICS #1039 DC Comics 1121DC041 1121DC042 – ACTION COMICS #1039 CVR B[...]
Action Comics #1 Rocket Copy.
The Action Comics #1 CGC 6.0 "Rocket Copy" has just sold for $3,180,000 at Heritage Auctions This copy, which emerged from the family of the original owner who bought it off the newsstands when he was 13 years old, is called the "Rocket Copy" because that young buyer used a rocket ship stamp on the[...]
Action Comics #1 CGC 6.0 "Rocket" Edition Over $1.6 Million So Far
Action Comics #1 slabbed and CGC graded at 6.0 is currently at auction from Heritage Auctions as part of their Platinum Collection, with bids of over two million dollars This copy has been named "The Rocket Copy", and there's an interesting story behind the name.  After it was bought by its then-thirteen-year-old owner who then[...]
Superman
It began with Future State: Superman: Worlds Of War set in the near future, which saw Superman exiled Earth and trapped on Warworld, under the rule of Mongul's son, also called Mongul, trapped and forced to fight and die, be revived and fight again. In that first chapter, Mongul describes him as "unworthy to wear a[...]
Misgrndering In DC Comics Today - Teen Titans And Action Comics
And it's not as if he doesn't know the importance of identifying and self-expressing labels, earlier in that very issue… Teen Titans Academy #10 Stitch certainly does know the value of names as well as pronouns, including the gender implications of them, as well. Teen Titans Academy #10 I mean even the slave society of Warworld in today's Action[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1038 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
If you thought Omicron ruined your holidays, imagine if being by Mongul and forced to fight as a gladiator like Superman in Action Comics #1038! Check out the preview below. ACTION COMICS #1038 DC Comics 1021DC056 1021DC057 – ACTION COMICS #1038 CVR B JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO CARD STOCK VAR – $5.99 (W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridge (A) Daniel Sampere,[...]
Superman #1, DC Comics 1939.
The issue contains the Superman stories from Action Comics #1-4, plus new material Notably, the new two-page origin of Superman included here contains the first mention of Krypton and Superman's foster parents. Superman #1, DC Comics 1939. This $2,604,750 sale of Superman #1 CGC 7.0 is particularly noteworthy because copies of Superman #1 virtually never change hands[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1037 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
LEt's kick off the Black Friday edition of Friday Night Previews with a preview of Action Comics #1037, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics The Warworld Saga continues in this issue, with Superman taking the fight to Mongul's large adult son, also called Mongul And you thought Donald Trump Jr was bad! You should[...]
John Romita & Brian Bendis Action Comics #1019 Full Original Artwork
In this case, for auction from Heritage Auctions, is the entire original artwork from Action Comics #1019 by Brian Bendis, John Romita Jr and Klaus Janson including the cover It currently has bids of $3600 at the time of writing and will go under the hammer between the 18th and 21st of November Published at[...]
The Grey Haired Superman Conspiracy, Revealed In Action Comics #1036
With Superman looking to create his replacements. Superman And The Authority So how to marry the two worlds together? Today's Action Comics #1036 reveals all Because the Superman books were matching the Superman & The Authority storyline to some degree They had a Superman hit by a dimensional breach that was harming his powers They also had[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1036 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
Warworld Saga kicks off in this preview of Action Comics #1036, bulling itself as the biggest Superman event since that time he died in the 90s Sure, but talk to us when it comes packaged in a black polybag with a bloody Superman logo, DC Check out the preview below. ACTION COMICS #1036 DC Comics 0821DC081 0821DC082 – ACTION[...]
Superman Cancelled From The Justice League Over Politics? (Spoilers)
This coming week's Action Comics #1035 sees this come to a double head With Superman making a promise. A promise that he will soon be even more emotionally guilted into keeping, even if he wouldn't have done it anyway But he would, he's Superman after all And he is fighting against slavery. But in trying to persuade[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1035 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
Action Comics #1035 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and in this preview, we find Thao-La forced to make a choice Side with Darkseid and murder Superman to save her people… or join with Superman and try to free them And look, if it was, for example, Spider-Man we were talking about here,[...]
Superman Playing In Politics - It Has Consequences, Today (Spoilers)
Today sees the publication of Superman: Son Of Kal-El #2 and Action Comics #1034, and both deal with the concept of Superman taking a greater role in the world of man Even Checkmate #3 underlines this a little on its opening page… As in Superman: Son Of Kal-El #2, Jonathan Kent talks to Clark Kent on[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1034 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
Choices must be made in Action Comics #1034, in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday The Warzoons are attacking the Fortress of Solitude, where Lois is holding down the fort with Thao-La But Superman is too busy trying to prevent war from breaking out between the United States and Atlantis to help them out, even[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1033 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
Action Comics #1033 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, and tensions are heating up in this preview, where Amanda Waller's agents run afoul of Atlantis, sparking an international incident As countries around the world choose sides between the United States and Atlantis, even the Justice League are squabbling Check out the preview below. ACTION[...]
Amanda Waller To Spark International Incident Between USA and Atlantis?
Well, upcoming Action Comics issues see a major diplomatic incident kick off as "Superman is halfway around the world trying to stop the U.S from declaring war on Atlantis" Well, Bleeding Cool has learned that it is all Amanda Waller, seeking to use her Task Force X forces to steal an object of power, The[...]
DC Reboots Phantom Zone Origin As Lovecraftian Horror (Spoilers)
Tomorrow sees the publication of the delayed Action Comics 2021 Annual by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Siya Oum, which returns to the world seen in Future State: House Of El But in doing so, it tells a deep dark secret about Krypton's past, which will affect the modern-day DC Comics continuity, as well as retconning[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS 2021 ANNUAL #1 CVR A SCOTT GODLEWSKI
Action Comics 2021 Annual #1 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, returning to the story of the House of El from DC Future State It's an issue that promises action, romance, and the consequences of Clark Kent's actions in the future Check out the preview below. ACTION COMICS 2021 ANNUAL #1 DC Comics 0421DC035 0421DC036 – ACTION[...]
How Much Would You Pay for Action Comics #20 Without Its Cover?
But also they have curios which beg the question – how much would you pay for this? Such as Action Comics #20 from 1940 without its cover, part of Heritage Auctions' current Sunday And Monday Comics Auction. Action Comics #20 Without Its Cover, Up for Auction from Heritage Most comic books without their cover would be worthless,[...]
LATE: DC Comics from Action Comics To American Vampire
Some that originally were meant to have been published by now… Action Comics Annual 2021 was solicited to be published last week, the 29th of June We now have a new date for it, next week on the 13th of July. American Vampire #10 was planned for the 13th of July, but has now been knocked back[...]
The Tale Of Three Action Comics #1 At Auction
Action Comics #1 is probably the most significant of all American comic books, featuring as it does the first appearance of Superman by Joe Siegel and Jerry Shuster But there are copies of Action Comics and… there are copies of Action Comics Three such are up for auction at ComicConnect as part of their Session[...]
DC Comics To Restart Batman and Superman Collections From Vol 1 Again
Time to start counting again! It looks like DC Comics will be reunumbering their collections for Action Comics and Detective Comics from Vol 1 again, for the post Future State/Infinite Frontier semi-relaunch Which means that the Phillip Kennedy Johnson-written Action Comics run which began with Action Comics #1030 will be collected in a new Volume[...]
Cover image for ACTION COMICS #1031 CVR A MIKEL JANIN
And there's about to be more, because Superman rescues a space ship full of Kryptonian refugees in this preview of Action Comics #1031, in stores from DC Comics next week Plus a Midnighter story too?! It's two comics for the price of… well, for the price of what five of them should cost, but it's[...]
Action Comics
In recent Superman and Action Comics titles from DC Comics, written by Philip Kennedy Johnson, there have been plenty of teases for the upcoming death of Clark Kent, Superman Again While future solicits have Jonathan Kent taking over the role of Superman on Earth, and Clark Kent on WarWorld Today's Action Comics #1030 adds some[...]
Action Comics #1 Ashcan Sells For $204,000
A copy of the Action Comics #1 Ashcan recently sold for $204,000 at auction One of only three known copies, the last one sold for $50,000 twelve years ago and the other is in the DC Comics vaults Intriguingly, the Action Comics ashcan doesn't have any Superman in it, just pages from Detective Comics and[...]
The debut of Zatanna in the title splash of Hawkman #4, DC Comics, 1964.
In 1999, foundational comics creator Fred Guardineer recalled the inauspicious genesis of the character Zatara for the San Jose Mercury News, "My friend and editor Vin Sullivan said, 'Make it as much like Mandrake as you can without getting sued.'" Perhaps not the sort of origin that lends itself to a decades-spanning character, and in[...]