Talk:Action Comics 1

message: * credits
* good overview
* other versions
* homage to cover in Superman Returns
* detailed auction info
* Legal use of copy
* Superman
* collecting advice
* million dollar offer
* comic history - good
- Peregrine Fisher 04:43, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List 

message: I added two cats, really I'm gonna say it doesn't belong in titles categories as this a specific issue.  Maybe someone should look for similar articles to find the cat type needed. akuyumeTC 00:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: There is no need for the title "Action Comics 1" followed by the disclaimer that it should really be called "Action Comics #1".
The simple reason is that "#" is simply an abbreviation for "Number", and it's mindlessly pedantic to think that when something is printed one way, the other is incorrect.
But even that's a moot point (I'm just being counter-pedantic). The cover of the issue, in plain view on the page, reads "No. 1", not "#1". So pedants of any stripe can agree that the article should be under "Action Comics No. 1", no caveats, no qualifiers, nothing.
So it should be moved. I don't know how or want to trouble with it. But true Superman fans should be appalled that this error has been allowed to remain uncorrected.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.77.78.25 (talk) 05:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Action Comics 1" with the explanatory "Action Comics #1" is needed to keep people from trying to constantly retitle the article. 5Q5 (talk) 15:09, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: And yet, by the picture there for all to see, neither is the correct title.  ~ R.T.G 00:29, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

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message: Here's the text I removed.  Please bring back anything you can find a ref for:
The cover of Action Comics #1 is one of the most referenced comic covers, including:
*The cover of Sensation Comics #51 is among the earliest homages.  It depicts Wonder Woman hoisting a car in the same manner.
*It is also recreated by Kal-L (the Golden-Age Superman) in Infinite Crisis #5 in the setting of Earth-Two, the Golden Age DC Universe.
*A reenactment also appears in Kingdom Come, alongside a reenactment of Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of Batman.
*Superman: The Movie begins with a young boy reading Action Comics #1 before the film's opening credits.
*The 2006 film Superman Returns also references the cover of issue 1 in two scenes.
*It is re-enacted in a full page spread in the Elseworlds Frankenstein pastiche The Superman-Monster in which the Monster lifts Eloise Edge's carriage when the horses bolt.
*The cover of Superman #136 shows the Superman of 2999 AD lifting a hovercar.
*The cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #306 shows Spider-Man hoisting a police car in the same manner as Superman on the cover of Action Comics #1. The police car has the number 1938 on it, the same year of Superman's first appearance.
*In a Elseworlds Superman: The War Of The Worlds, have a scene with Superman hoisting a car in the same manner on the cover of Action Comics #1.
*In the beginning the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Citizen Max", while Montana Max is furiously destroying his room, at one point there is an extreme close up of a comic book that Monty tears to shreds. Its cover appears to be a reproduction of that of Action Comics #1, only under-detailed. The possible parody name is unknown, due to how tight the shot is on the comic. Only the word "Comics" is barely visible.
*Internet writer Maddox spoofed the cover for an announcement of his own comic book.
*Although not a parody of the issue itself, the comic was turned into Active Comics for the film Unbreakable, a thriller where David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is told by a stranger (Samuel L. Jackson) who collects comic books, that he is in fact a superhero with the powers of invulnerability and to sense danger ala Spider-Man's spider sense.
*The cover was parodied on the cover of Fallen Angel #15.
*The cover was re-enacted in Action Comics #685 with Supergirl raising a modern variation of the green automobile above her head.
*Superboy & Risk #1 recreates the cover.
*The Action Comics #1 cover art is again homaged on the cover of DC Comics Superman #124 from June 1997.
*Superman #201 shows Mr Majestic in the same stance as Superman from the original cover of Action Comics #1
*The cover is yet again recreated on the front cover of Fuzzy Bunnies From Hell #1 With Frank the demon taking task of raising the car aloft.
*The title card at the beginning of the Superman review on The Angry Video Game Nerd is based on the cover. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 16:17, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cover in other media 

message: I read that at a recent auction, a copy of this comic book sold for $1 million, which is far and away the most money that anyone has ever paid for a single comic book. The article said that that particular copy was only one of two in such excellent condition, implying that others in poorer condition would be worth a lot less. It said that that same comic book was sold in the '90s for something like $150,000. Anyway, I don't have a link to the article, but if someone else finds it, I think the $1 million price tag would be relevant to the article, because it drives home how valuable it is.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.108.67.124 (talk) 15:13, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The auction as well as the $1,000,000 price tag is mentioned in the Collectibility section of the article along with a source.  Bhall87Four Scoreand Seven 15:33, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Price of Action Comics 1

message: It would be helpful to mention an estimate in the article if anyone knows. This article http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-03/31/superman-auction-smashes-comic-book-records says around 100. 5Q5 (talk) 15:12, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I found an estimate quote in Comic Buyer's Guide #1685 Jan 2012 of around 50 to 100 copies and will add it to the Collectibility section of the article. 5Q5 (talk) 16:31, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I was at the New York Comic Con in July 1974 and there were FIVE copies of Action 1 there for sale.(Cyberia3 (talk) 18:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many copies in existence? 

message: Back in 1923, a Jewish car inventor made an illustration of a man lifting a car.  (Cyberia3 (talk) 18:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Probably just a coincidence

message: Since there's a section devoted to it, it would be interesting/amusing to note the current value of the New 52 version of Action #1, which I think last I looked barely exceeded its cover price. Quite a difference from $3M. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 21:20, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Value of New 52 #1 

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