Action Comics #2

From July 1938, just one month into DC's groundbreaking anthology series, Action Comics #2 arrives with a cover by Leo O'Mealia that crackles with mid-air tension: a dark-haired man brandishing a pistol and a blonde woman in a red dress share a parachute as a smoking biplane spirals away below them. It's a beautifully composed pulp-adventure image that captures the breathless, anything-can-happen energy that made this title an instant fixture on newsstands. Inside, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster continue their work on "Revolution in San Monte," delivering the kind of globe-trotting intrigue perfectly suited to that dramatic cover.