Talk:Action Comics

message: The information here is incorrect. The highest grossing comic in history is now the issue of Detective Comics in which Batman first appears. Not by much, but it's still a fact. 152.117.237.85 (talk) 16:23, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not finding anything to that effect.  Detective Comics #27 did pass Action Comics #1 very briefly in late-March (sold for $1.075 million) but Action regained the record three days later with $1.5 million.  You can read about that here, among other places and this article is dated April 6th which makes it pretty recent.  Also, a Google search did not yield any newer information abot Detective Comics topping Action again.  If it has in fact surpassed Action again then please add it to the article along with a credible source or post the source here and someone else can add it.  Bhall87Four Scoreand Seven 16:36, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Highest Grossing Comic

message: Uh, what is the justification of a 'speedy deletion' of the Action Comics page??  Action Comics is a major comic title.  I vote NO.  --Emb021 15:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that the insertion of the speedy-delete "nonsense" tag, not even at the correct position for such tags, was an act of vandalism.  I've removed it. *Dan T.* 16:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Speedy deletion

message: It may be worth noting that the collected works typically only include the Superman stories, excluding stories of other characters.  I only have one or two such collections so if someone has a more complete opportunity to review the works the text would be best updated.--RedKnight 17:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reprinted Collections 

message: Is this section needed?  It seems a whole lot of information just about the current creative line-up. A similar thing was done in the 90s so it's not unique. Duggy 1138 (talk) 08:31, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uniting Super-titles...  

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thread_title: B-Class Assesment required

message: Where does the value of $1,380,000 come from? Has there been a recent sale?  2008 Overstreet Guide gives $675,000 for a Near Mint.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.80.158 (talk) 00:28, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently a Near Mint copy just went for US$1 million. (Newsweenies didn't mention quality, & insisted on calling it "first Superman comic"...)  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  00:03, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Valuation 

message: The publication history should read in chronological order but it doesn't flow - things are mentioned all over the place and Greg Rucka joining is mentioned in three different places. It looks like it needs the information shifted around - I don't have the time to spare at the moment but thought I'd better flag it while I think of it. (Emperor (talk) 05:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flow 

message: The article Action Comics 1 seems repetitive and only serves to make learning about Action Comics more time-consuming and difficult. There is nothing there that can't be subsumed — and more importantly, put into a larger context — here at Action Comics. Is it really helpful to have separate articles for Fantastic Four #1, Amazing Fantasy #15, and about a thousand other important comics? Or does it make more sense to discuss them within the context of the larger series? -- Tenebrae (talk) 02:20, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I oppose a merge.  The Action Comics article could use a ton of work, at which point, the #1 article would need to be split out.  Instead of waiting, I say keep the #1 article, which is pretty good.  Hopefully someday someone will work on this article.  NO DEADLINE and all that.  As far as articles on some other seminal issues, I would support that as well.  I don't know about a thousand of them, but FF1 and AF1 definitely deserve articles. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 02:36, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: In the "Hiatus, name changes, publication changes, and special numbering" section which details the Action Comics Weekly period of 1988-1989, this line appears:
"Due to going weekly for this period, Action Comics was able to surpass the issue total of Detective Comics, despite that title being older by a year."
The problem is that Action Comics actually surpassed Detective Comics at the end of 1976 (early 1977 cover dates)!  Check out these links to the Grand Comics Database.
http://www.comics.org/issue/30472/ Action Comics #466 (December 1976)
http://www.comics.org/issue/30542/ Detective Comics #466 (December 1976)
http://www.comics.org/issue/30618/ Action Comics #467 (January 1977)
http://www.comics.org/issue/30697/ Detective Comics #467 (January-February 1977)
http://www.comics.org/issue/30716/ Action Comics #468 (February 1977)
http://www.comics.org/issue/30875/ Detective Comics #468 (March-April 1977)
http://www.comics.org/issue/30809/ Action Comics #469 (March 1977)
http://www.comics.org/issue/31061/ Detective Comics #469 (May 1977)
http://www.comics.org/issue/33724/ Action Comics #500 (October 1979)
http://www.comics.org/issue/35216/ Detective Comics #500 (March 1981)
Detective Comics was published bimonthly during the 1970s and that is what enabled Action Comics to catch up to it and eventually surpass it in numbering.  The Action Comics Weekly period increased the gap but it did not create it.
Mtminchi08 (talk) 04:13, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Action Comics'' overtook ''Detective Comics'' in the 1970s 

message: There's a discussion on which comic-related articles should be listed as "Top Importance" on the importance scale, and I feel this article should not be included. If any user disagrees or wishes to contribute, please do so there. Argento Surfer (talk) 14:40, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top Importance? 

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message: Will someone please explain the source of the statements concerning the original publisher of Action Comics?  The claims made in the various Wikipedia articles indicate that National Allied Publications published Action Comics #1, but the National Allied Publications page states that National was purchased by Detective Comics, Inc. in January 1938.  I have read facsimile copies of the Action Comics issues.  This is what found.
According to the copyright boxes,  issues #1-104 (June 1938-January 1947) were published by Detective Comics, Inc., 480 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y.
Issues #10-19 (March 1939-December 1939) and 22-30 (March 1940-November 1940) listed Combined Publications, Inc., 125 East 40th Street, New York City as a second address for advertising purposes.
Issues #96-104 (April 1946-January 1947) were still published by Detective Comics, Inc., but advertising inquiries were to be directed to The National Comics Group, 205, E. 42nd St., New York, N. Y.
Issues 105-281 (February 1947-October 1961) were published by National Comics Publications, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, ILL.
Issues 282-468 (November 1961-February 1977) were published by National Periodical Publications, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, ILL.
Issue #469 (March 1977) to the present issues were published by DC Comics, INC., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019.
 MCMichaelComstock (talk) 01:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Detective Comics, Inc. or National Allied Publications?