Happy 83rd Birthday to Superman. Must be something wrong here Action 1 was not out in April ? 1 1

[woowoo]

Superman Fans Pay Tribute to the Man of Steel on His 83rd Anniversary (movieweb.com)

[Jayman]

Looking at that pic above, Christopher Reeve still makes the best Superman in my book! 

[catman76]

Action Comics #1 was cover dated June 1938, but was for sale on the newsstands April 18th, 1938. That on sale date was given in all the Superman copyright infringement lawsuits against other publishers.

[Primetime]

Golden age books typically had a 1-2 month release date prior to the cover date. Here’s a back cover of an Action 1 date stamped April 15. 

[woowoo]

11 minutes ago, Primetime said:

Golden age books typically had a 1-2 month release date prior to the cover date. Here’s a back cover of an Action 1 date stamped April 15. 

So it got out before April 18th from this pic. I thought it was out in may not April  but i dont collect them by the way the came out. Did you see the crazy price on the Brittle MM4 

[Primetime]

27 minutes ago, woowoo said:

So it got out before April 18th from this pic. I thought it was out in may not April  but i dont collect them by the way the came out. Did you see the crazy price on the Brittle MM4 

Distribution of any book from any time period would depend on the order size of the retailer, location, etc which is why some books are date stamped slightly earlier or even a bit later. 
 

yup, big money on that MM4. Subby finally garnering long, overdue respect. 

[rexinnih]

Well Happy B-Day Superman.

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

[LDarkseid1]

Happy B-Day to my man Supes!!! My only piece of the original book 👍

[Mr. Lady Luck]

At 83, the only thing super about him are healthy bowel movements...

[Iconic1s]

18 hours ago, catman76 said:

Action Comics #1 was cover dated June 1938, but was for sale on the newsstands April 18th, 1938. That on sale date was given in all the Superman copyright infringement lawsuits against other publishers.

I had also read in Larry Tye’s book that they did that over concerns that if it did not sell well, and if it sat on the newsstand for awhile, that it would still look ‘fresh’ in June.

Link to book below:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/181333/superman-by-larry-tye/9780812980776?ref=PRHB7BD76FBDB&aid=14813&linkid=PRHB7BD76FBDB

[Iconic1s]

18 hours ago, Jayman said:

Looking at that pic above, Christopher Reeve still makes the best Superman in my book!