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Issue: Action Comics #874

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Publication Date: April 2009

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Issues: #874 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76194120001987411

Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: This issue is Green Shield Continuity #13. It also features the "Origins & Omens" promotion on the cover for April 2009 titles.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock:

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Action Comics #874 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #874 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (6 total)

Out of the Phantom Zone!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Mon-El

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Pages: 1

Suspicion!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; General Zod; Non; Ursa; Alura; General Sam Lane; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard; Lois Lane; Nightwing [Chris Kent] (cameo); Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var] (cameo); Mon-El; Kryptonians

Synopsis: On New Krypton, Superman attacks Zod, but is subdued by his soldiers. Zod tells Superman that his motives have changed, now that he has fellow Kryptonians on New Krypton. Alura invites Superman to renounce Earth and stay on New Krypton. Superman says he'll think about it. And he does, taking Lois to the Fortress, pondering what Zod is up to. While there, he hears Mon-El pleading from the Phantom Zone, as it is collapsing around him. He pleads for Superman to release him, knowing that he'll die from lead poisoning if released. Superman reluctantly releases him.

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Pages: 18

Notes: Story continued from Superman (DC, 2006 series) #684, and continues in Superman (DC, 2006 series) #685.

Origins & Omens

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Scar of Oa; Science Police [Markham; Pollock; Wilcox]; The Guardian [Jim Harper] (flashback, cameo); Gwendoline Harper; Tellus (cameo); Nightwing [Chris Kent] (cameo); Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var] (cameo)

Synopsis: Former Guardian Scar is observing the Guardian (Jim Harper's clone), as he warns the Science Police that Toyman always has a surprise for Metropolis on his birthday, even when in prison. Sure enough, miniature P38 Lightnings start strafing the city, and a giant teddy bear is firing explosive blasts. The team deals with the threats, as Harper reminisces. Scar then peeks into Harper's future, seeing his fears realized and other emotions with the situations to come.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Story continues in Superman (DC, 2006 series) #686.

Black Adam! Isis! Dissension in the ranks! An uncertain future! [February 11, 2009]

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ian discusses what is coming up in the Justice Society of America title. Ad for Superman #685. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

House Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 7

Notes: House ads for: Supergirl, Batman (Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?), Justice League of America action figures series 3, DC Comics Classics Library, World of New Krypton, Origins & Omens, and All Star Superman 2 hardcover. Appear in various places in this issue.

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 3

Notes: Total of 3 one-page ads for: The Mousehunter (book, Little, Brown), Aaron Stone (TV, Disney XD), and Coraline The Game (video game, D3Publisher). Appear in various places in this issue.