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Thank you for the info. Did Superman appear in Action Comics or a newspaper comic strip first?

No. The comic book was a hit first. It is true that the earliest comic books were simply reprints of newspaper strips, with More Fun Comics being the first with "All New" material. That is part of the reason they are called "comic" books, even though superheroes and later lurid horror and scifi would dominate, not the humor characters (Archie, Dennis the Menace, Richie Rich, Little Lulu) that have had a role, but never a dominant one. Sorry about the loss of your Sgt. Fury's. I lost some 1940s vintage Whiz Comics in a botched move.

70 posted on 06/01/2012 9:41:00 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("You forget, it isn't who you claim, but instead, who claims you. We don't claim you!")

For anyone interested in old comics, this site has a ton of old largely "off brand" golden age comics (1930s through 1950s) online. I say "off brand" because it's all public domain stuff so no Superman or anything like that but it does have a bunch of old Shazam / Marvel family stuff there and plenty of action/war/humor comics from back in the day.

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