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REGULAR SERIES

  • Action Comics #584 (January 1987): "Squatter!"
  • Action Comics #585 (February 1987): "And Graves Give Up Their Dead..."
  • Action Comics #586 (March 1987): "The Champion"
  • Action Comics #587 (April 1987): "Cityscape!"
  • Action Comics #588 (May 1987): "All Wars Must End, Part II"
  • Action Comics #589 (June 1987): "Green On Green"
  • Action Comics #590 (July 1987): "Better Dying Through Chemestry"
  • Action Comics #591 (August 1987): "Past Imperfect"
  • Action Comics #592 (September 1987): "A Walk On the Darkside"
  • Action Comics #593 (October 1987): "The Suicide Snare"
  • Action Comics #594 (November 1987): "All That Glisters"
  • Action Comics #595 (December 1987): "The Ghost of Superman"
  • Action Comics #596 (January 1988): "Hell Is Where the Heart Is..."
  • Action Comics #597 (February 1988): "Visitor"
  • Action Comics #598 (March 1988): "Checkmate!"
  • Action Comics #599 (April 1988): "Element 126"
  • Action Comics #600 (May 1988): "Different Worlds"
        Action Comics #600/2 (May 1988): [No Title]
        Action Comics #600/3 (May 1988): "Games People Play"
        Action Comics #600/4 (May 1988): "A Friend in Need"
        Action Comics #600/5 (May 1988): "The Dark Where Madness Lies"
  • Action Comics #643 (July 1989): "Superman On Earth"
  • Action Comics #644 (August 1989): "Doppelganger"
  • Action Comics #645 (September 1989): "My Lady Maxima"
  • Action Comics #646 (October 1989): "Burial Ground"
  • Action Comics #647 (November 1989): "Brain Drain"
  • Action Comics #648 (December 1989): "Body and Mind"
  • Action Comics #649 (January 1990): "Man and Machine"
  • Action Comics #650 (February 1990): "Reflections"
  • Action Comics #651 (March 1990): "Not of this Earth"
  • Action Comics #652 (April 1990): "Wayward Son"
  • Action Comics #653 (May 1990): "Love & Death"
  • Action Comics #654 (June 1990): "Dark Knight Over Metropolis, Part Three"
  • Action Comics #655 (July 1990): "Survival!"
  • Action Comics #655/2 (July 1990): "Ma Kent's Photo Album"
  • Action Comics #656 (August 1990): [Soul Search] "Part One: Going to Blazes"
  • Action Comics #657 (September 1990): "There Is A Happy Land... Far, Far Away"
  • Action Comics #658 (October 1990): "The Sinbad Contract, Part Three"
  • Action Comics #659 (November 1990): [Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, Part Three]: "Breakout!"
  • Action Comics #660 (December 1990): "Certain Death"
  • Action Comics #661 (January 1991): [3] "Stretching A Point!"
  • Action Comics #662 (February 1991): [6] "Secrets in the Night"
  • Action Comics #663 (March 1991): [9] "Time & Time Again Phase Two: Lost In the '40s Tonight"
  • Action Comics #664 (April 1991): [12] "Time & Time Again Phase Five: Many Long Years Ago..."
  • Action Comics #665 (May 1991): [15] "Wake the Dead!"
  • Action Comics #666 (June 1991): [18] "Red Glass, Part Three: Picking Up the Pieces"
  • Action Comics #667 (July 1991): [22] "The Final Chapter"
  • Action Comics #668 (August 1991): [26] "The Ghost of Luthor"
  • Action Comics #669 (September 1991): [30] "Paper Trail"
  • Action Comics #670 (October 1991): [34] "Skullduggery"
  • Action Comics #671 (November 1991): [38] "Missing In Action"
  • Action Comics #672 (December 1991): [42] "All This... and Lex Luthor II!"
  • Action Comics #673 (January 1992): [4] "Friends in Need"
  • Action Comics #674 (February 1992): [8] "The Past is Prologue"
  • Action Comics #675 (March 1992): [12] "Panic In the Sky! Fourth Strike: Divide and Conquer"
  • Action Comics #676 (April 1992): [16] "Man of the Hour"
  • Action Comics #677 (May 1992): [20] "...In Love and War!"
  • Action Comics #678 (June 1992): [24] "Talking Heads"
  • Action Comics #679 (July 1992): [28] "Shellshocked"
  • Action Comics #680 (August 1992): [32] "Payment Due"
  • Action Comics #681 (September 1992): [36] "Odds & ...Endings"
  • Action Comics #682 (October 1992): [40] "Gauntlet!"
  • Action Comics #683 (November 1992): [44] "The Trail of the Jackal"
  • Action Comics #684 (December 1992): [48] "...Doomsday Is Near!"
  • Action Comics #685 (January 1993): [4] "Funeral For A Friend Part 2: Re:Actions"
  • Action Comics #686 (February 1993): [8] "Funeral For A Friend Part 6: Who's Buried In Superman's Tomb?"
  • Action Comics #687 (June 1993): [12] "Born Again"
  • Action Comics #688 (July 1993): [16] "An Eye for an Eye"
  • Action Comics #689 (Late July 1993): [20] "Who is the True Hero?"
  • Action Comics #690 (August 1993): [24] "Lies & Revelations"
  • Action Comics #691 (September 1993): [28] "Secret Weapon"
  • Action Comics #692 (October 1993): [32] "And Who, Disguised as Clark Kent?"
  • Action Comics #693 (November 1993): [36] "The Last Purge of Krypton!"
  • Action Comics #694 (December 1993): [40] "Spilled Blood, Part Two: Survival of the Fittest!"
  • Action Comics #695 (January 1994): [4] "Cauldron!"
  • Action Comics #696 (February 1994): [8] "Champion"
  • Action Comics #697 (March 1994): [12] "War of the Super-Powers"
  • Action Comics #698 (April 1994): [16] "Losing It!"
  • Action Comics #699 (May 1994): [20] "Eye of the Hurricane"
  • Action Comics #700 (June 1994): [24] "Swan Song"
  • Action Comics #701 (July 1994): [28] "Final Conflict"
  • Action Comics #702 (August 1994): [32] "Bad Sport"
  • Action Comics #703 (September 1994): [36] "Chronocide!"
  • Action Comics #0 (October 1994): [40] "The Yesterday Man"
  • Action Comics #704 (November 1994): [44] "Eradication Day!"
  • Action Comics #705 (December 1994): [48] "Bodies & Motion"
  • Action Comics #706 (January 1995): [4] "Saved By the Belle!"
  • Action Comics #707 (February 1995): [8] "Like Fire from the Dark"
  • Action Comics #708 (March 1995): [12] "Moving Miracles!"
  • Action Comics #709 (April 1995): [16] "Crime Tunnel or When Warriors Strongly Disagree!"
  • Action Comics #710 (June 1995): [20] "Men of Different Mettle"
  • Action Comics #711 (July 1995): [24] "Home and the Hollow Heart!"
  • Action Comics #712 (August 1995): [29] "The Jimmy Cage!"
  • Action Comics #713 (September 1995): [33] "Scarlet Salvation"
  • Action Comics #714 (October 1995): [37] "Crossing the [Punch] Line!"
  • Action Comics #715 (November 1995): [42] "Doc Parasite!"
  • Action Comics #716 (December 1995): [46] "Fugitive Justice!"
  • Action Comics #717 (January 1996): [1] "H'Tros City!"
  • Action Comics #718 (February 1996): [5] "By Darker Reason"
  • Action Comics #719 (March 1996): [9] "Hazard's Choice"
  • Action Comics #720 (April 1996): [14] "Love Breaks"
  • Action Comics #721 (May 1996): [18] "The Fortune Plague"
  • Action Comics #722 (June 1996): [22] "Courageous Intent"
  • Action Comics #723 (July 1996): [27] "Identity Crisis II: Keys"
  • Action Comics #724 (August 1996): [31] "Losing Brawl!"
  • Action Comics #725 (September 1996): [35] "Variations on a Scheme"
  • Action Comics #726 (October 1996): [40] "Arms!"
  • Action Comics #727 (November 1996): [44] "Cold Comfort!"
  • Action Comics #728 (December 1996): [49] "I Killed Superman!"
  • Action Comics #729 (January 1997): [3] "Generator X!"
  • Action Comics #730 (February 1997): [8] "The Precedent of the United Hates"
  • Action Comics #731 (March 1997): [12] "..Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!"
  • Action Comics #732 (April 1997): [17] "The Saving Skull"
  • Action Comics #733 (May 1997): [21] "The Sins of Change"
  • Action Comics #734 (June 1997): [25] "Bottle Battle"
  • Action Comics #735 (July 1997): [29] "Deadly Deliverance"
  • Action Comics #736 (August 1997): [33] "Without and Within"
  • Action Comics #737 (September 1997): [37] "Burden Of Proof"
  • Action Comics #738 (October 1997): [42] "Straight On Till Morning"
  • Action Comics #739 (November 1997): [46] "Party Trappings"
  • Action Comics #740 (December 1997): [50] "A Bag, A Bone, & A Hank of Hair"
  • Action Comics #741 (January 1998): [4] "A Cautionary Tale"
  • Action Comics #742 (March 1998): [10] "Devil May Care: A Thesis on the Psychopathologists Role"
  • Action Comics #743 (April 1998): [14] "Operation: Ink!"
  • Action Comics #743/2 (April 1998): [14] "A Persistence of You"
  • Action Comics #744 (May 1998): [18] "Crossroads"
  • Action Comics #745 (June 1998): [23] "Polyester Year, Part 1: Ready, Fire, Aim"
  • Action Comics #746 (July 1998): [27] ""
  • Action Comics #747 (August 1998): [31] "Eye of the Storm"
  • Action Comics #748 (September 1998): [35] "Chasing the Agents of Days"
  • Action Comics #1,000,000 (November 1998): "Brave New Hero"
  • Action Comics #749 (December 1998): [41] "City of the Future"
  • Action Comics #750 (January 1999): [1] "Confidence Job"
  • Action Comics #751 (February 1999): [6] "Sixes and Sevens"
  • Action Comics #752 (March 1999): [11] "Superman: Have You Forsaken Metropolis?"
  • Action Comics #753 (April 1999): [15] "A Law Unto Himself"
  • Action Comics #754 (May 1999): [20] "The Aimless Blade of Silence"
  • Action Comics #755 (July 1999): [25] "Necropolis"
  • Action Comics #756 (August 1999): [30] "Comeback"
  • Action Comics #757 (September 1999): [34] "Secret Origins, Part 3: Eyes of the Hawk"
  • Action Comics #758 (October 1999): [38] [No Title]
  • Action Comics #759 (November 1999): [42] "Who Is Strange Visitor?, Ch. 3: Where?"
  • Action Comics #760 (December 1999): [49] "...Never-Ending Battle..."
  • Action Comics #761 (January 2000): [4] "For A Thousand Years..."
  • Action Comics #762 (February 2000): [9] "All I Want for Christmas"
  • Action Comics #763 (March 2000): [13] "Sacrifice for Tomorrow"
  • Action Comics #764 (April 2000): [17] "Quiet After the Storm"
  • Action Comics #765 (May 2000): [21] "A Clown Comes To Metropolis"
  • Action Comics #766 (June 2000): [25] "D.O.A."
  • Action Comics #767 (July 2000): [29] "Death's Door"
  • Action Comics #768 (August 2000): [33] "O Captain, My Captain"
  • Action Comics #769 (September 2000): [37] "Superman: Arkham, Part Two: Supermanamrepus"
  • Action Comics #770 (October 2000): [42] "The Reign of Emperor Joker, Part Five: He Who Laughs Last!"
  • Action Comics #771 (November 2000): [46] "The Out-of-Towner"
  • Action Comics #772 (December 2000): [50] "Kith and Kin Part One"
  • Action Comics #773 (January 2001): [5] "Kith and Kin Part Two"
  • Action Comics #774 (February 2001): [9] "Fireside Chat"
  • Action Comics #775 (March 2001): [13] "What's so funny about Truth, Justice & The American Way?"
  • Action Comics #776 (April 2001): [17] [Return to Krypton Part 4] "Escape From Krypton"
  • Action Comics #777 (May 2001): [21] "Kancer"
  • Action Comics #778 (June 2001): [25] "Infestation: Chapter Four"
  • Action Comics #779 (July 2001): [29] "King Takes Pawn"
  • Action Comics #780 (August 2001): [33] "The End of the Beginning"
  • Action Comics #781 (September 2001): [37] "Thousand Yard Stare"
  • Action Comics #782 (October 2001): [41] "Trial By Fire"
  • Action Comics #783 (November 2001): [45] "The Gift"
  • Action Comics #784 (December 2001): [49] "Whose Mind is it, Anyway?"
  • Action Comics #785 (January 2002): [4] "Demento"
  • Action Comics #786 (February 2002): "Red"
  • Action Comics #787 (March 2002): "Mercy, Love, and Blood, Part 1"
  • Action Comics #788 (April 2002): "Mercy, Love, and Blood, Part 2"
  • Action Comics #789 (May 2002): "Man and Beast"
  • Action Comics #790 (June 2002): "Man and Beast Part 2"
  • Action Comics #791 (July 2002): "The Invitation"
  • Action Comics #792 (August 2002): "Big City, Little Man"
  • Action Comics #793 (September 2002): "Return to Krypton II, Part Four: Dream's End"
  • Action Comics #794 (October 2002): "Invaders from Space"
  • Action Comics #795 (November 2002): "Ending Battle, Part Four: The Thirteenth Hour"
  • Action Comics #796 (December 2002): "Ending Battle, Part Eight: The Last Supervillain"
  • Action Comics #797 (January 2003): "Superego"
  • Action Comics #798 (February 2003): "Lost Hearts, Conclusion: Heart Song"
  • Action Comics #799 (March 2003): "The Cage"
  • Action Comics #800 (April 2003): "A Hero's Journey"
  • Action Comics #801 (May 2003): "Seeds"
  • Action Comics #802 (June 2003): "The Harvest, Part One"
  • Action Comics #803 (July 2003): "The Harvest, Part Two"
  • Action Comics #804 (August 2003): "The Harvest, Part Three"
  • Action Comics #805 (September 2003): "The Harvest, Conclusion"
  • Action Comics #806 (October 2003): "Hungry Ghost, Part One: Blood, Broads and Bushidos"
  • Action Comics #807 (November 2003): "Hungry Ghost, Part Two: Blood Sisters"
  • Action Comics #808 (December 2003): "Hungry Ghost, Part Three: Blood Demands..."
  • Action Comics #809 (January 2004): "Creeping Death"
  • Action Comics #810 (February 2004): "Walking Midnight"
  • Action Comics #811 (March 2004): "Strange New Visitor, Part One"
  • Action Comics #812 (April 2004): "Godfall Part One: Home"
        Action Comics #812/2 (April 2004): "My Heart"
  • Action Comics #813 (May 2004): "Godfall Part Four: Heaven"
        Action Comics #813/2 (May 2004): "Gog"
  • Action Comics #814 (June 2004): "Anotrher Day at the Office"
  • Action Comics #815 (July 2004): "Superman vs Gog: End Times"
  • Action Comics #816 (August 2004): "Superman vs Gog Two: Behold, I Am Against Thee"
  • Action Comics #817 (September 2004): "Weapons of Revelation"
  • Action Comics #818 (October 2004): "Enemies as Numerous as Grains of Sand"
  • Action Comics #819 (November 2004): "Sodom and Gomorrah"
  • Action Comics #820 (December 2004): "Wail of the Banshee"
  • Action Comics #821 (January 2005): "Superman vs. Preus: Worship False Gods"
  • Action Comics #822 (February 2005): "Repo-Man Part One"
  • Action Comics #823 (March 2005): "Repo-Man Part Two"
  • Action Comics #824 (April 2005): "Old Man, New World"
  • Action Comics #825 (May 2005): "The Four Horsemen"
  • Action Comics #826 (June 2005): "Lightning Strikes Twice"
  • Action Comics #827 (July 2005): "Strange Attractors, Part One"
  • Action Comics #828 (August 2005): "Strange Attractors, Part Two: Positive Reinforcement"
  • Action Comics #829 (September 2005): "Sacrifice Part 2: End of Identity"
  • Action Comics #830 (October 2005): "The Great Society"
  • Action Comics #831 (November 2005): "Black & Blue"
  • Action Comics #832 (December 2005): "Old Ghosts"
  • Action Comics #833 (January 2006): "Depths"
  • Action Comics #834 (February 2006): "Awake in the Dark"
  • Action Comics #835 (March 2006): "A Contagion of Madness"
  • Action Comics #836 (April 2006): "Superman, This is Your Life, Part Two"
  • Action Comics #837 (May 2006): "Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Two: Mild-Mannered Reporter"
  • Action Comics #838 (June 2006): "Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Four: Powers and Abilities"
  • Action Comics #839 (July 2006): "Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Six: This Looks Like A Job..."
  • Action Comics #840 (August 2006): "Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Finale: The Adventures of Superman"
  • Action Comics #841 (September 2006): "Back In Action"
  • Action Comics #842 (October 2006): "Back In Action, Part 2: Action and ReAction"
  • Action Comics #843 (November 2006): "Back In Action, Part 3: All-Out Action"
  • Action Comics #844 (December 2006): "Last Son, Part One"
  • Action Comics #845 (January 2007): "Last Son, Part Two"
  • Action Comics #846 (February 2007): "Last Son, Part Three"
  • Action Comics #847 (April 2007): "Intermezzo"
  • Action Comics #848 (May 2007): "Redemption, Part One: If You Believe, A Man Can Fly"
  • Action Comics #849 (Early July 2007): "Redemption, Part Two: In Good Faith"
  • Action Comics #850 (Late July 2007): "Superman: Family"
  • Action Comics #851 (August 2007): "Last Son, Part Four"
  • Action Comics #852 (September 2007): "3-2-1 Action!"
  • Action Comics #853 (Early October 2007): "3-2-1 Action!, Part 2: The Signal!"
  • Action Comics #854 (Mid October 2007): "3-2-1 Action!, Part 3: Pal"
  • Action Comics #855 (Late October 2007): "Escape from Bizarro World, Chapter 1"

    ANNUALS

  • Action Comics Annual #1 (1987): "Skeeter"
  • Action Comics Annual #2 (1989): "Memories of Krypton's Past"
  • Action Comics Annual #3 (1991): "Executive Action"
  • Action Comics Annual #4 (1992): "Living Daylights"
  • Action Comics Annual #5 (1993): "Loose Cannon"
  • Action Comics Annual #6 (1994): "Legacy"
  • Action Comics Annual #7 (1995): "Loss and Space"
  • Action Comics Annual #8 (1996): "A World of Hurt"
  • Action Comics Annual #9 (1997): "The Magnetic Medium"
  • Action Comics Annual #10 (2007): "The Many Deaths of Superman"
        Action Comics Annual #10/2 (2007): "Who is Clark Kent's Big Brother?"
        Action Comics Annual #10/3 (2007): "Mystery Under the Blue Sun"
        Action Comics Annual #10/4 (2007): "The Criminals of Krypton"
        Action Comics Annual #10/5 (2007): "The Deadliest Forms of Kryptonite"

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