The history of adult comics can be traced as far back as the 1920s, over a decade before the premiere of what is traditionally considered the "first" comic book, Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman.
Pep Morgan, Congo Bill (later Congorilla) and Clip Carson were the first features he worked on for Action Comics.
Action Comics #274, 359, 361-372, 374-376, 437, 442, 445, 460, 464, 474-476, 486, 501, 556, 558-559, 561-562, 565, 567, 570, 573-576, 578, 580-583, 600, 637-640 (1961-1989)
The Vigilante was originally a comic book character whose first appearance was in Action Comics (Issue #42, November 1941).
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Given the success of the JSA, National decided to develop a team title of its own -- this became Leading Comics, #1 (Winter 1941-1942) of which debuted the Seven Soldiers of Victory, a team made up exclusively of characters from National's anthology publications: More Fun Comics, Adventure Comics, Action Comics, Detective Comics, and Star-Spangled Comics.
The events of the Infinite Crisis miniseries have apparently restored a close analogue of the Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Legion to continuity, as seen in "The Lightning Saga" story arc in Justice League of America and Justice Society of America, and in the "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" story arc in Action Comics.
Presented in Action Comics #858-863 (Late December 2007 – May 2008), this arc marked Geoff Johns' debut as a solo writer on Action, having previously written alongside Kurt Busiek and Richard Donner.
An example is Action Comics #1, the first published appearance of Superman.
In the 'Action Comics #822' story titled 'Repo Man; part one', Dorrance is designated as the location of Smallville, of Superman fame.
Legal Action Comics is a series of comics anthologies edited by illustrator Danny Hellman which features work from many alternative comics artists.
Cartoonists featured in the Legal Action Comics series include Hellman, R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Kim Deitch, Skip Williamson, Robert Williams, Tony Millionaire, Michael Kupperman, R. Sikoryak, Mike Diana, Johnny Ryan, Sam Henderson, Spain Rodriguez, John Linton Roberson, Lauren Weinstein and more.
Action Comics Weekly #641 reveals that the future Diana Tyler, mother of the second Phantom Lady, was connected to the college until the mid-1960s, although she may well have been a tutor rather than a trainee agent.