ACTION COMICS #1 Facsimile Edition

THE BIRTH OF THE LEGEND! Able to leap an eighth of a mile! Hurdle a 20-story building! Raise tremendous weights and run faster than an express train! Champion of the oppressed, the physical marvel sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need! Look up in the sky (but also, in these very pages) ... it's the astounding first appearance of... Superman!

The book that launched a thousand capes is reprinted in all its glory, including the origin of Superman and thrilling serials of the era, including "The A-G Gang" (art by Homer Fleming); Zatara and Tong in "The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" (by Fred Guardineer); "Sticky-Mitt Stimson" (by Russell Cole as "Alger"); Marco Polo (by Sven Elven); "The Light Heavyweight Championship" (by Gardner Fox & Fred Guardineer); "The International Jewel Thief" (art by Will Ely); "Murder in England" (art by Bernard Baily); and an "Odds 'n Ends" cartoon by Sheldon Moldoff.

Written by Jerry Siegel, Homer Fleming, Fred Guardineer, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Gardner Fox and Ken Fitch

Art by Joe Shuster, Homer Fleming, Fred Guardineer, Russell Cole, Bill Ely and Bernard Baily.