Comic Title: Action Comics #3
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1938
Approx. On Sale Date: July 5, 1938 Copyright Date June 25, 1938
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1938
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: (Superman Battles Death Underground)
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Reprinted In:
Superman #1 (1939)
Famous First Edition C-61 (1979)
Famous First Edition C-61 [Whitman Exclusive] (1979)
Superman Archives Vol. 1 HC (1989)
Millennium Edition:Superman 1 (#51) (2000)
Millennium Edition:Superman 1 (#51) [Variant] (2000)
Superman Chronicles Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2013)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2016)
Superman (Facsimile Edition) #1 (2022)
Superman (Facsimile Edition) #1 [MB Artist Exclusive] (2022)
Superman (Facsimile Edition) #1 [MB Artist Exclusive] (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #2; next appearance in Action Comics #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• George Taylor (last appearance in Action Comics #2; next appearance in Action Comics #5)

Villain(s)

• Thornton Blakely (a mine owner; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Stanislaw Kober (a miner; no further appearances)
• A rescue crew, a group of rich party-goers, and two security guards (no further appearances)

Comments:
Superman appears in costume in only 1 panel of this story.

This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on a text page of Action Comics Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is summarized.

Synopsis:
The story opens as Superman saves a group of miners from a collapsed mine. Sensing a greater problem, he investigates charges of unsafe conditions as Clark Kent. Mine owner Thornton Blakely insists that the workers caused the problems and his mines are safe. During the night, dressed as a miner, Superman steals into a party Blakely is throwing. As a lark, Blakely decides to move the party into the mine, where Superman surreptitiously causes a cave-in. When Blakely tries to use the safety devices installed for such occurrences, he discovers that they don’t work. After the trapped partygoers all collapse, Superman clears the way to safety. Now convinced, Blakely declares that his mine will be the safest in the country, and his workers the best treated.