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Action Comics Books in Order

Action Comics contains 22 books, published between 2004 and 2022. The first book is Godfall (2004) and the newest is Tails of the Super-Pets! (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2004–2022
Pages on record
288 in 1 of 22 books
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Action Comics is a listing of 22 catalogued comic collections published between 2004 and 2022, with no single writer across the run. Jerry Siegel carries credit on 6, Geoff Johns on 5, Paul Cornell on 3, and Gil Kane, Curt Swan and Otto Binder on 2 each, with Joe Kelly and Adam Kubert on one. Subjects name comic books, graphic novels, superheroes and the fictitious character Superman. Godfall (2004) opens the listing, and Last Son of Krypton (2008), Ending Battle (2009), The Black Ring Vol. 1 and Reign of Doomsday (2011) follow, reaching Tails of the Super-Pets! in 2022.

How many Action Comics books are there?

Action Comics has 22 books, released between 2004 and 2022.

Action Comics Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Action Comics books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Ending Battle, book 5 of the Action Comics series (2009)
  1. 1
    Godfall2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  2. 2
    Last Son of Krypton2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  3. 3
    Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  4. 4
    Superman vs. Brainiac2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    Ending Battle2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    Tales from the Phantom Zone2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    The Black Ring Vol. 12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  8. 8
    Reign of Doomsday2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    The Black Ring Vol. 22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    Gil Kane2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  11. 11
    Escape From Bizarro World2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    The Power Within2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  13. 13
    Superman Vs. Darkseid2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  14. 14
    The Golden Age, Vol. 12016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  15. 15
    The Golden Age, Vol. 22016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  16. 16
    The Golden Age Vol. 32017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  17. 17
    The Silver Age Vol. 12017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  18. 18
    The Golden Age Vol. 42018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  19. 19
    The Silver Age Vol. 22018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  20. 20
    The Golden Age Vol. 52020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  21. 21
    Superman: The Last Son2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021288
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  22. 22
    Tails of the Super-Pets!2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Where to start with Action Comics

Start with Godfall (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Action Comics book?

Tails of the Super-Pets! (2022) is the newest Action Comics book released so far.

Is there a new Action Comics book coming?

No next Action Comics book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Action Comics at a glance

Paused
No new Action Comics title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Action Comics books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
288 pages across the 1 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Action Comics books, 13 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 22 titles, 6 are credited to Jerry Siegel, 5 to Geoff Johns, 3 to Paul Cornell and 2 to Gil Kane. A further 19 writers are credited.

What the Action Comics books are about

2 of the 22 Action Comics books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.