"Superman, Champion of the Oppressed": As a distant planet is destroyed by old age, a scientist places his infant son in a space capsule and launches it toward Earth. The capsule is found by a passing motorist, who brings the baby to an orphanage, where the chil Action Comics #1 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1938. It was published on April 18, 1938. As a distant planet is destroyed by old age, a scientist places his infant son in a space…
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