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Issue: Superman - Action Comics #5
Publication Date: August 2015
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Issues: #5 of 9 Issues
Title: What Lies Beneath
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/10/2015
Volume: 5
Pages: 164
ISBN: 9781401254889
UPC/EAN: 978140125488951499
Price: $17.99 CAD
$17.99 USD
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Content Items: 24 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jor-El; Lara
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Pages: 1
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jor-El; Lara
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Pages: 1
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Superman Secret Origins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Jor-El; Lara; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lois Lane (unnamed cameo); Jimmy Olsen (unnamed cameo)
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Pages: 12
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 1
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Stormbreaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Bob; Lana Lang; The Supremacists (villains)
Synopsis: A young Superman decides to test his limits by trying to stop a hurricane headed in to Gotham City. He fails to stop the storm but saves Lana Lang along the way.
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Pages: 22
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Lunch Break

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clark Kent [Superman; Kal-El]; Lana Lang; Sanchez
Synopsis: Clark Kent is helping people on his lunch break, while the drilling rig that Lana Lang works on uncovers something strange.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 1
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Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Aurelio; Ghost Soldier [Lt. Sawyer]; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Sanchez
Synopsis: Superman battles a monster from underground to save Lana Lang. But he realizes the monster is just wanting to play. Then the Ghost Soldier attacks. Superman is able to evade the Ghost Soldier long enough to take the monster to his Fortress for safety. But then the monster transforms - into a boy?
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Pages: 22
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Ukur
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Ukur
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Pages: 1
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Underworld

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Baka; Ghost Soldier; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Lana Lang; Martha Kent (flashback); Queen Kokya; Ukur
Synopsis: Superman tries to get to know the boy named Baka. Lana goes into the hole Baka came from to investigate, Ghost Soldier following in secret. Monsters attack, and Superman and Baka rescue Lana from them, but Ukur shows up and informs Superman and Lana that he and his monsters protect the world from evils of the Earth's underworld.
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Pages: 22
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 1
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What Lies Beneath

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Baka; Ghost Soldier [Leonard Sawyer]; Lana Lang; Queen Kokya; Ukur
Synopsis: Superman and Lana meet Queen Kokya of Subterranea. Ghost Soldier is following. The three team up when they learn the Subterraneans are killing cute little critters to power their lights. But as soon as they make the surface, Ghost Soldier turns on them.
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Pages: 22
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Ghost Soldier [Leonard Sawyer]
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Pages: 1
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Ghost Soldier [Leonard Sawyer]
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Pages: 1
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Deep Freeze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Baka; Ghost Soldier [Leonard Sawyer]; Harrow; Lana Lang; Mr. Chavez; Sanchez; Ukur
Synopsis: Superman battles Ghost Soldier over what to do about cute little subterranean critters that are mutating in the sunlight. Superman stops Ghost Soldier, but then Ukur arrives and says that Baka has to return. Turns out the power source Lana was looking for was a dead end, but Superman goes after Ghost Soldier's boss, Harrow.
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Pages: 22
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-L]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is an homage to the cover of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 by Joe Shuster.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Beppo the Super Chimp
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Pages: 1
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Sketches and Designs

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 11

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