by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
I. MAY ’38
ACTION COMICS No. 1 (June ’38) on sale May 3rd
adventure 1
II. JUNE ’38
ACTION COMICS No. 2 (July ’38) on sale June 2nd
adventure 2
III. JULY ’38
ACTION COMICS No. 3 (August ’38) on sale July 5th
adventure 3
IV. AUGUST ’38
ACTION COMICS No. 4 (September ’38) on sale August 2nd
adventure 4
V. SEPTEMBER’38
ACTION COMICS No. 5 (October ’38) on sale September 6th
adventure 5
VI. OCTOBER ’38
ACTION COMICS No. 6 (November ’38) on sale October 4th
adventure 6
VII. NOVEMBER ’38
ACTION COMICS No. 7 (December ’38) on sale November 3rd
adventure 7
VIII. DECEMBER ’38
ACTION COMICS No. 8 (January ’39) on sale December 6th
adventure 8
IX. JANUARY ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 9 (February ’39) on sale January 3rd
adventure 9
Dailies: 1 – 12; January 16th – January 28th
continuity 1
X. FEBRUARY ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 10 (March ’39) on sale February 7th
adventure 10
Dailies: 13 – 30; January 30th – February 18th
continuity 2
Dailies: 31 – 54; February 20th – March 18th
continuity 3
XI. MARCH ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 11 (April ’39) on sale March 7th
adventure 11
Dailies: 55 – 66; March 20th – April 1st
continuity 4
XII. APRIL ’39
SUPERMAN COMICS (May ’39) circa April 1st (ashcan)
ashcan edition
ACTION COMICS No. 12 (May ’39) on sale April 4th
adventure 12
Dailies: 67 – 90; April 3rd – April 29th
continuity 5
NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR COMICS [No. 1, 1939] on sale April 30th
adventure 13
XIII. MAY ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 13 (June ’39) on sale May 2nd
adventure 14
SUPERMAN [No. 1, 1939] on sale May 18th
adventure 1A (adventure 1 reprint with additional panels and pages)
adventure 2 (reprint)
adventure 3 (reprint)
adventure 4 (reprint)
adventure 15 (text)
Dailies: 91 – 126; May 1st – June 10th
continuity 6
XIV. JUNE ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 14 (July ’39) on sale June 2nd
adventure 16
Dailies: 127 – 162; June 12th- July 22nd
continuity 7
ACTION COMICS No. 15 (August ’39) on sale June 29th
adventure 17
XV. JULY ’39
Dailies: 163 -258; July 24th – November 11th
continuity 8
XVI. AUGUST ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 16 (September ’39) on sale August 1st
adventure 18
SUPERMAN No. 2 (Fall ’39) on sale August 22nd
continuity 3 (reprint):
continuity 6 (reprint): Superman Champions Universal Peace
continuity 5 (reprint): Superman and the Skyscrapers
adventure 19 (text)
ACTION COMICS No. 17 (October ’39) on sale August 31st
adventure 20
XVII. SEPTEMBER ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 18 (November ’39) on sale September 28th
adventure 21
XVIII. OCTOBER’39
ACTION COMICS No. 19 (December ’39) on sale October 31st
adventure 22
XIX. NOVEMBER ’39
Sundays 1A, 1 – 8; November 5th – December 24th
series 1
Dailies: 259 – 288; November 13th – December 16th
continuity 9
SUPERMAN No. 3 (Winter ’40) on sale November 15th
continuity 7 (reprint): Superman the Man of Tomorrow
adventure 5 (reprint)
adventure 6 (reprint)
continuity 4 (reprint)
XX. DECEMBER ’39
ACTION COMICS No. 20 (January ’40) on sale December 1st
adventure 23
Dailies: 289 – 306; December 18th – January 6th
continuity 10
ACTION COMICS No. 21 (February ’40) on sale December 27th
adventure 24
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