Action Comics ! Issue #1000 ! Frankie's Comics Exclusive Francesco Mattina Variant Cover Limited to 3000 ! 80 - Page Giant ! 1st Appearance of Rogal Zaar ! 2018 ! by DC Comics !

Title: Action Comics

Author(s): Jim Lee, Dan Jurgens

Publisher: DC Comics

Date: 2018

First Printing: YES

Comic Age: Modern

Issue: #1000


Frankie's Comics Exclusive Francesco Mattina Variant Cover

Limited to 3000 Copies Worldwide

1st Appearance of Rogal Zaar

80 - Page Giant

Anniversary Issue


Two weeks before it was released, retailers had purchased more than half a million copies.[3] In contrast, Amazing Spider-Man (Volume 1) #800 sold 300,000 copies to retailers.[4] The issue ended up being both the comic that sold the most issues as well as the one that made the most money in the North American market in April 2018, according to Diamond Comic Distributors.[5]


Celebrate 1000 issues of ACTION COMICS with an all-star lineup of top talent as they pay tribute to the comic that started it all! From today's explosive action to a previously unpublished tale illustrated by the legendary Curt Swan to the Man of Tomorrow's future — this very special, oversized issue presents the best of the best in Superman stories!
Contributors to this once-in-a-lifetime issue include legendary Superman movie director Richard Donner and New York Times best-selling writer Geoff Johns, with art by Olivier Coipel. Other contributing creative teams will include Paul Dini with Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez; Tom King with Clay Mann and Jordie Bellaire; Brad Meltzer with John Cassaday and Laura Martin; Louise Simonson with Jerry Ordway; Scott Snyder with Tim Sale, and more to be announced.


- José Luis García-López came out of retirement for this issue
- The "Actionland" story is a homage to the projected but never built The Amazing World of Superman theme park.

Each page in the "Never-Ending Battle" story is an homage of a different piece of Superman's history:

The first page shows Superman in his first ever costume, from Action Comics #1.
The second page shows the first evolution of Superman's symbol. This change took place in Action Comics #7.
The third page gives Superman's shield a black background first seen during the 1940's.
The fourth page is a direct reference to "The Midget Menace", a story from Superman #102.
The fifth page is a reference to the 1951 Superman and the Mole Men film starring George Reeves.
The sixth page shows Superman being burned by a dragon in order to save Lois Lane. This page looks almost identical to the cover of Superman #142 from 1961.
The seventh page has Superman fighting other Supermen. This is a callback to Action Comics #418 from 1972.
The eighth page shows Superman being struck by lightning. This is a direct reference to when the same thing happens in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
The ninth page shows Superman fighting Silver Banshee, who first appeared in Action Comics #595.
The tenth page shows Superman, Superboy and John Henry Irons fighting Mongul in the "Return of Superman" storyline.
The eleventh page shows Superman imprisoned in the Phantom Zone by Jax-Ur and Mala. This happened in the two part "Blasts from the Past" episode from Superman: The Animated Series.
The twelfth page is a direct reference to the Kingdom Come comic.
The thirteenth page shows four different incarnations Superman has gone through since the entire DC Universe was rebooted in "Flashpoint".


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