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Action Comics is the comic book series that introduced the world to Superman, the first major superhero character as is popularly defined.Teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster launched their creation with Action Comics #1 in June of 1938. The character of the dynamic "Man of Steel" was an instant hit, and he permanently changed the medium of comic books and comic strips.
Action Comics was soon followed by the Superman comic book series, and a wealth of other comics starring numerous costumed superheroes.
As of the fall of 2004, Action Comics is still in publication, having past its 800th issue. It is the second-longest running American comic book after Detective Comics, however it cannot claim to have had an uninterrupted run as it went on hiatus for a few months in late 1986. In the late 1980s, DC Comics tried unsuccessfully to change the format of the comic and publish it on a weekly basis, but it soon returned to a monthly format.
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