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Action Comics (1938-2011) #8
Action Comics (1938-2011) #8
A petty criminal is using wayward boys to steal from wealthy people, until Superman gets involved. This is a Superman-only issue.
70 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1938
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Gardner Francis Fox
1,193 books89 followersGardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. Comic book historians estimate that he wrote more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics.
Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes the Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America. Fox introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story "Flash of Two Worlds!"
Pseudonyms: Gardner F. Fox, Jefferson Cooper, Bart Sommers, Paul Dean, Ray Gardner, Lynna Cooper, Rod Gray, Larry Dean, Robert Starr, Don Blake, Ed Blake, Warner Blake, Michael Blake, Tex Blane, Willis Blane, Ed Carlisle, Edgar Weston, Tex Slade, Eddie Duane, Simon Majors, James Kendricks, Troy Conway, Kevin Matthews, Glen Chase
Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes the Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America. Fox introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story "Flash of Two Worlds!"
Pseudonyms: Gardner F. Fox, Jefferson Cooper, Bart Sommers, Paul Dean, Ray Gardner, Lynna Cooper, Rod Gray, Larry Dean, Robert Starr, Don Blake, Ed Blake, Warner Blake, Michael Blake, Tex Blane, Willis Blane, Ed Carlisle, Edgar Weston, Tex Slade, Eddie Duane, Simon Majors, James Kendricks, Troy Conway, Kevin Matthews, Glen Chase
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October 13, 2019
Action Comics #8
"Superman in the Slums"
Dang, this had the potential to be a bit better but in the second half it goes straight into crazy town. Superman tries to teach some morals to troubled youths who come from a bad area. One in particular is at a juvenile court be sentenced as his mother pleads with the judge in a fairly heart breaking panel.
Once his sentence is given out his friends try and do whatever it takes to get money together for bail. They go to their usual guy, who sets them up just like the friend in juvie but Superman steps in and decides to try and teach them morals and how to be better an such.
He does admit to the fact that the surrounding have a part to play as well and, okay this just nuts, tells them to go around the slums and tell everyone to evacuate because he decides to FLATTEN THE ENTIRE AREA!
The idea being in certain cases of disaster the city will rebuild with better buildings, but let's be honest even if these people DID have the money to live in these new apartments all their stuff is gone!
Even with the insanity aside, for the first story of 1939, it really kicks off the year!
"Superman in the Slums"
Dang, this had the potential to be a bit better but in the second half it goes straight into crazy town. Superman tries to teach some morals to troubled youths who come from a bad area. One in particular is at a juvenile court be sentenced as his mother pleads with the judge in a fairly heart breaking panel.
Once his sentence is given out his friends try and do whatever it takes to get money together for bail. They go to their usual guy, who sets them up just like the friend in juvie but Superman steps in and decides to try and teach them morals and how to be better an such.
He does admit to the fact that the surrounding have a part to play as well and, okay this just nuts, tells them to go around the slums and tell everyone to evacuate because he decides to FLATTEN THE ENTIRE AREA!
The idea being in certain cases of disaster the city will rebuild with better buildings, but let's be honest even if these people DID have the money to live in these new apartments all their stuff is gone!
Even with the insanity aside, for the first story of 1939, it really kicks off the year!
June 28, 2025
Superman, el campeón de los oprimidos, se ve envuelto en una nueva aventura. Esta vez, decide ayudar a una pandilla de chicos que se dedican a robar objetos de valor para un personaje llamado Gimpy, el cual guarda esos objetos y los revende como objetos perdidos. El problema es que Gimpy ha hecho que estos chicos sean atrapados por la policía deliberadamente.
Superman se da cuenta de esto y hace que Gimpy se vaya del pueblo. Además, al darse cuenta de la precariedad del lugar, hace que todos los vecinos salgan de sus casas y empieza a destruirlas, con el fin de que el gobierno les construya mejores casas y así salgan de la precariedad.
Superman se da cuenta de esto y hace que Gimpy se vaya del pueblo. Además, al darse cuenta de la precariedad del lugar, hace que todos los vecinos salgan de sus casas y empieza a destruirlas, con el fin de que el gobierno les construya mejores casas y así salgan de la precariedad.
March 1, 2024
Superman decides to completely destroy an entire neighbourhood so someone comes and builds better housing, which supposedly happens in a few weeks but no mention of if the people living in those slums could afford to live in the new apartments. Do like it though, how superman just decides if he wrecks shit it'll solve the problem regardless of laws or the military being sent after him lol.
January 4, 2019
This was fine and had a bit of good humor sprinkled in.
January 30, 2024
Had the artists ever actually seen what kids look like? Kind of a weird ending that they were excited about projects being built.
January 25, 2025
8,5/10
July 15, 2025
Superman makes thousands homeless, what a hero
October 13, 2025
Scoop scanlon an chuck Dawson meet colors
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