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Issue: Action Comics Annual #10

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Publication Date: March 2007

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Issues: #10 of 13 Issues (25 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Adam Kubert / Joe Kubert Cover

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [swirl]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 02/07/2007

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 76194120002601011

Price: $5.50 CAD
$3.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate)

Notes: This issue went on sale one week late.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched; Squarebound

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Format Notes:

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2 Action Comics Annual #10 [Adam Kubert / Joe Kubert Cover]

2 Action Comics Annual #10 [Gary Frank Cover]

Reprinted In17

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times as/in other Issues.

8 Content Items

reprinted 14 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (12 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Adam Kubert (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Mon-El; Bizarro; Phantom Zone Criminals; Parasite

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as Portada Action Comics Annual núm. 10 USA [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The cover style is similar to old 80-page giants, using the old Giant logo and the go-go checks. Some interesting differences between the solicited cover (which looks final) and the final cover: The solicited one has two additional captions: "Who is Clark Kent's Big Brother?" over the Mon-El image, and "The Criminals of Krypton" over the phantom zone criminals. Also, the month (Mar) was there, and a Comics Code seal (not on the final). And the top had only Annual, where the final has 48pg. Giant Annual. And no UPC.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)

Inker(s): ? (illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Illustrated with pictures of Zod, Ursa, Non, and Bizarro from Action Comics #845 pages 10, 21, and 22.

The Many Deaths of Superman

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Penciller(s): Art Adams

Inker(s): Art Adams

Colorist(s): Alex Sinclair

Letterer(s): Travis Lanham

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Mr. Mxyzptlk (cameo); Solomon Grundy (cameo); Black Adam (cameo); Silver Banshee (cameo); Mongul (cameo); Bizarro (cameo); Doomsday (cameo); Kalibak (cameo); Darkseid (cameo); Metallo (cameo); Kryptonite Man (cameo); Titano (cameo)

Synopsis: Luthor imagines what it would take to kill Superman (red sun solar fire, magic, brutal force, or kryptonite), as he's walking through a jungle looking for and finding a kryptonite meteor.

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In Content Item: Flag

Geoff Johns présente Superman #1 published February 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as Las Muchas Muertes de Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

Who Is Clark Kent's Big Brother?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Penciller(s): Eric Wight

Inker(s): Eric Wight

Colorist(s): Lee Loughridge

Letterer(s): Travis Lanham

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Clark Kent

Character(s): Clark Kent; Mon-El [Lar Gand] (intro, origin); Lana Lang (cameo); Mr. Lang (cameo); Mrs. Lang (cameo); Ben Hubbard (photo, cameo); Pete Ross (cameo); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Synopsis: Young Clark Kent tries to stop a rocket from crashing. Out steps a floating boy, speaking Kryptonese, and then English. He said "Son of Jor-El," but doesn't remember anything. Clark takes him home, and the boy sees the S shield, and recognizes it as the symbol of the house of El. He doesn't remember his name, so they make one up for him: Mon-El. They both operate under cover for a while, but Mon-El starts dreaming in a weird language, and saying "You don't belong here." So together they decide to test his Kryptonian heritage by exposing him to Kryptonite. Clark takes a lead box out of the safe, but before he can open the Kryptonite, Mon-El collapses, and regains his memory, remembering he was Lar Gand. He remembers being a seeker on Daxam, and researching data from Krypton's destruction. A rocket that left just before had a message; of which all that could be made out was "Son of Jor-El." Lar decided to follow the path of that rocket, to see if any Kryptonian artifacts could be found, but when he approached Earth's solar system, a sunspot disrupted his ship, so that he crashed. Now he realizes he is dying, as lead is toxic to his people. They try to figure out what to do, when Mon-El spots the phantom zone projector, and asks to be put in the zone. Clark does so, vowing to find a cure one day.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Superman: Mon-El #[nn] published April 2010

In Content Item: Flag

DC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 published February 2012
as Who Is Clark Kent's Big Brother? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Geoff Johns présente Superman #1 published February 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as ¿Quién es el Hermano Mayor de Clark Kent? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Notes: There are many homages to the first story of the Earth 1 Mon-El (from Superboy #89) in this story (particulary images on page 8). There is even a nod to post-crisis Valor (this Daxam circles the sun Valor).

Mystery Under the Blue Sun

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)

Colorist(s): Joe Kubert; Pete Carlsson

Letterer(s): Joe Kubert

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Hawkmen; Hawkwomen; Bizarros; Bizarro World (intro)

Synopsis: Several Hawkmen and Hawkwomen from Thanagar are investigating the loss of several police cruisers, and find them wrecked in the vicinity of a cubical planet. Bizarros appear, trash this cruiser too, and return to the Bizarro World.

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In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as Misterio Bajo el Sol Azul [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Penciller(s): Phil Jimenez

Inker(s): Andy Lanning

Colorist(s): Jeromy Cox

Letterer(s): Travis Lanham

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Reprinting

In Issue:

Geoff Johns présente Superman #1 published February 2013

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude #[nn] published June 2012
as Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as Secretos de la Fortaleza de la Soledad [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 2

Notes: A cross section of the fortress, including the interplanetary zoo, Kandor, trophy room and museum, super science lab, and super weapons room.

The Criminals of Krypton

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Penciller(s): Rags Morales

Inker(s): Mark Farmer

Colorist(s): Edgar Delgado

Letterer(s): Travis Lanham

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): General Zod (origin); Non (origin); Ursa (origin); Jor-El; Kryptonian Council; Lara (flashback, cameo); baby Kal-El (flashback, cameo); Scarlet Jungle; Phantom Zone; Phantom Zone Projector

Synopsis: Zod, Non, and Ursa are being sentenced to the Phantom Zone by the Kryptonian Council. Flashback to an earlier time. Non, Jor-El's former teacher, is reviewing his findings about the planet's internal activities, and agrees that Krypton will explode within 90 days. But the General Zod, head of the Military Defense, interrupts and has them arrested (by Ursa). Non and Jor-El are warned not to discuss the heresy, and released. Jor-El starts working on a rocketship, but Non appeals to the people of Krypton instead, with Zod and Ursa observing. Zod starts to believe what Non is saying. But Non gets abducted, and lobotomized. Zod is outraged, and goes to Jor-El to have him join them in revolt. Jor-El cannot, as the council is needed to take quick action. Zod, Ursa, and Non try to take control anyway, but are defeated. Jor-El is made to be their jailer, and now is forced to exile them to the Phantom Zone.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Geoff Johns présente Superman #1 published February 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as Los Criminales de Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: Much of this was derived from "Superman the Movie".

Superman's Top 10 Most Wanted!

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Penciller(s): Tony Daniel

Inker(s): Tony Daniel

Colorist(s): Brad Anderson

Letterer(s): Phil Balsman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; General Zod; Ursa; Non; Bizarro; Parasite; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Metallo; Toyman [Winslow Schott]

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Geoff Johns présente Superman #1 published February 2013

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as Los 10 Enemigos Más Buscados de Superman [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 2

Notes: Profiles of Superman's top villains.

The Deadliest Forms of Kyptonite

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Penciller(s): Gary Frank

Inker(s): Jonathan Sibal

Colorist(s): Brad Anderson

Letterer(s): Phil Balsman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Bizarro (cameo); Metallo

Synopsis: Luthor talks about various kinds of kryptonite, imagining the effects of some of them. He ends up upgrading Metallo with all four kinds (green, red, blue, and gold) in preparation of starting a Revenge Squad.

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In Content Item: Flag

Geoff Johns présente Superman #1 published February 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Último Hijo #[nn] published March 2014
as Las Formas Más Mortíferas de Kryptonita [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 3

DC Nation #46 [January 31, 2007] WW 3

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

Credits

Writer(s): Dan Didio

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): DC Nation

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Pages: 1

Notes: Dan explains the logic behind the creation and contents of the World War Three specials. Ads for Action Comics #847, Blue Beetle #11, Hawkgirl #60, and Action Comics Annual #10. Appears on page 50 in this issue.

House Advertisements

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Pages: 4

Notes: House ads for: Superman/Batman, Green Lantern: Rebirth TP (1/2 page), Teen Titans (1/2 page), The Brave and the Bold, and 52 Action Figures. Appear in various places in this issue.

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Pages: 6

Notes: Total of 4 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: KillZone: Liberation (video game, Sony Computer Entertainment), Magic the Gathering (card game, Wizards of the Coast), Wii (game system, Nintendo, 2 pages), International Fight League (sports league), and got milk? with Vince Carter (milk). Appear in various places in this issue.