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Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman —and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).
Titles 0–9 A Alter Ego (4 issues) American Flagg! (50 issues, plus special, then 12 issue series) Alien Bones (graphic novel, 2019) B Badger (70 issues, plus a 4 issue limited series and two graphic novels) Beowulf (graphic novel, 1984) Betty Boop's Big Break (graphic novel, 1990) C Corum (Michael Moorcock adaptation): The Chronicles of Corum (12 issues, 1987-1988) The Bull and the Spear (4 ...
The series holds an average rating of 6.2 by 21 professional critics according to review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup. [10] Jennifer Cheng of Comic Book Resources stated that the first issue doesn't add much yet to the franchise, but that it shows flashes of promise. [5]
The series reprinted 10-12 comics per book. [2] [3] The next try was the Essential Marvel line, which reproduced comics in black and white. These books were released from 1996 to 2013, before being replaced by the full-color Epic Collections. [4] Other than those, many other issues have been republished in collected form.
Tony Parker contributed art for most issues of the comic series, except for Issue #1, #5, #6, and #7. Michael Atiyeh provided colors for the series, and Benjamin Carré was the cover artist for the series. The first issue sold 9,291 issues following the first day of release on July 31, 2013, placing it in the 229th highest sales for the month. [5]
The first issue was released on July 8, 2015, launching a monthly run that continued until issue #50. [1] [2] On February 11, 2020, it was announced that the monthly Invader Zim comic would end with issue #50, released in March 2020, and a new comic series titled Invader Zim Quarterly would begin April 2020, releasing on a quarterly schedule. [3]
1st Issue Special is a comics anthology series from DC Comics, done in a similar style to their Showcase series. It was published from April 1975 to April 1976. [1] The goal was to showcase a new possible first issue of an ongoing series each month, with some issues debuting new characters and others reviving dormant series from DC's past.
Kirkman said it was the first time that he already had a clear ending in mind when he began to write the comic book. [4] He described Outcast as an epic horror story, hoping to give real scares to readers, unlike The Walking Dead style. Kirkman said that orders for the first issue were higher than for the most recent issue of The Walking Dead. [5]