Comic Title: Action Comics #1
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1938
Approx. On Sale Date: May 3, 1938 Copyright Date April 18, 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

Notes:
1st appearance of Superman, the first and most historical important super-hero in comics. The Golden Age of Comic Books begins with this issue.

Title: "The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies"
Pages: 12

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

Writer/Artist: Fred B. Guardineer

Reprinted In:
Famous First Edition C-26 (1974)
Famous First Edition C-26 [Lyle Stuart Exclusive] (1974)
Action Comics #1 [US Postal Service Premium] (1998)
Millennium Edition:Action Comics 1 (#1) (2000)
Action Comics Loot Crate Edition #1 [Loot Crate Premium] (2017)
Action Comics 80 Years of Superman:The Deluxe Edition HC (2018)
Action Comics (Facsimile Edition) #1 (2022)
Action Comics (Facsimile Edition) #1 [Comic Mint Exclusive] (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (first appearance; next appearance in Action Comics #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tong (first appearance; next appearance in Action Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• Tigress (a female crook; first appearance; next appearance in Action Comics #3)
• A group of unnamed train robbers (no further appearances)
• Babcock (a train inspector; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Brady (a police friend of Zatara; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Detective Brown, Captain Kennedy, and other police officers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Master Magician Zatara and his assistant Tong assist their friend Detective Brady in guarding a freight train from their arch-enemy the Tigress. When the train passes through a tunnel, Brady is captured and killed. The crooks then lure the other police and Zatara into a trap. Zatara saves them, but the crooks escape, and Brady is blamed.

Zatara suspects train inspector Babcock is working with the thieves, and he catches them red-handed. However, Tigress surprised him and tries to kill the magician in a fire. Again Zatara escapes and stops another train robbery. Tigress escapes, but the thieves and Babcock are apprehended.