Just What Is Inside That Action Comics #1000 Hardcover From DC?

Celebrate 80 Years Of The Man Of Steel

This April sees the publication of Action Comics #1000 from DC and as well as the anniversary issue itself, DC is publishing a hardcover celebration of 80 years of the Man of Steel. Here’s the details of what’s in it…

• An editor’s note by Levitz
• A tribute to Action Comics by Laura Siegel Larson (daughter of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel)
• An introduction by Jules Feiffer
• And essays by by Tom DeHaven (It’s Superman!), David Hajdu (The Ten-Cent Plague), Larry Tye (Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero) and Gene Luen Yang (Superman, New Super-Man, and American Born Chinese)

Reprinted stories will be:

• “The Coming of Superman,” from Action Comics #1, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster
• “Revolution in San Monte,” from Action Comics #2, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster
• “The Terrible Toyman!,” from Action Comics #64, written by Don Cameron with art by Ed Dobrotka and George Roussos, featuring the debut of Toyman
• “The Super-Key to Fort Superman,” from Action Comics #241, written by Jerry Coleman with art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, featuring the first appearance of the Fortress of Solitude
• “The Super-Duel in Space,” from Action Comics #242, written by Otto Binder with art by Al Plastino, featuring the debut of Brainiac
• “The Supergirl from Krypton!,” from Action Comics #252, written by Otto Binder with art by Al Plastino, featuring the debut of Supergirl
• “The World’s Greatest Heroine!,” from Action Comics #285, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Jim Mooney
• “The Superman Super-Spectacular!,” from Action Comics #309, written by Edmond Hamilton with art by Curt Swan and George Klein, featuring an appearance by President John F. Kennedy
• “Superman Takes a Wife,” from Action Comics #484, written by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and Joe Giella
• “If Superman Didn’t Exist…” from Action Comics #554, written by Marv Wolfman with art by Gil Kane
• “The Game,” a new original story written by Paul Levitz with art by Neal Adams
• “Squatter,” from Action Comics #584, written by John Byrne with art by Byrne and Dick Giordano
• “Ma Kent’s Photo Album,” from Action Comics #655, written by Roger Stern with art by Kerry Gammill and Dennis Janke
• “Secrets in the Night,” from Action Comics #662, written by Roger Stern with art by Bob McLeod
• “A Hero’s Journey,” from Action Comics #800, written by Joe Kelly with art by Pasqual Ferry, Duncan Rouleau, Lee Bermejo and others
• “The Boy Who Stole Superman’s Cape,” from Action Comics #0, written by Grant Morrison with art by Ben Oliver
• “The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies,” from Action Comics #1, written by Fred Guardineer with art by Guardineer, featuring the debut of Zatara
• “The Origin of the Vigilante,” from Action Comics #42, written by Mort Weisinger with art by Mort Meskin, featuring the debut of the Vigilante
• “The Assassin-Express Contract!,” from Action Comics #419, written by Len Wein with art by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano, featuring the debut of the Human Target

The 384-page Action Comics #1000: 80 Years of Superman hardcover is scheduled to be published on 19 April retailing at $29.99, which is the same day as the 80-page Action Comics #1000. Here’s details of that issue:

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