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Issue: Action Comics #831
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 2005
Volume: none
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098930410911
Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Superman; Black Adam
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Black & Blue

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Superman; Lex Luthor [Alexander Luthor (Earth 3)] (cameo); Bizarro (cameo); Professor Zoom (cameo); Cheetah (cameo); Dr. Psycho; Toni Sparlin, Brendan Sparlin; Lois Lane; Black Adam; Beast Boy (cameo); Jimmy Olsen; Josef Schuman; Perry White (cameo); Lana Lang; Shrapnel (flashback, cameo); Congressman Mark Shephard (cameo)
Luthor has Cheetah recruit Bizarro and Zoom for the Secret Society. Superman and Black Adam fight. Lois and Lana get details about what is known about the Society from a Pentagon general. Lois gets word of the Society to Superman in the middle of the battle. Superman attempts one last KO punch, but Adam turns his back to Superman, causing Superman to stop the fight. Dr. Psycho attempts to blackmail his way to freedom. Superman agrees, and Psycho releases everyone from his control. Superman threatens that he's watching the Society now that he knows about it, and Adam takes Psycho back.
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Story continued from previous issue.
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Ads for next issue, All Star Superman, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #2, JLA #118, and Supergirl #2. Appears on page 32 in this issue.
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House ads for: Green Lantern Corps: Recharge, and Seven Soldiers (Mister Miracle, Bulleteer, Frankenstein). Appear in various places in this issue.
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Total of 12 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Corpse Bride Back to School Sweepstakes (collectibles, McFarlane Toys), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigleys), Captain Crow's Teeth (book, Miramax Books), ThunderCharge of Ultra Destruction DuelMasters (card game, Wizards of the Coast), DICE (game, Bandai), Smallville Season 4 (DVD, WB), Advance Wars Dual Strike (game, Nintendo), Yu-Gi-Oh TCG Collector Tins (Konami), Big League Chew (bubble gum), Yu-Gi-Oh Cybernetic Revolution (card game, Konami), Marvel Nemesis (game, Electronic Arts, 2 pages), Oxy (acne pads, Mentholatum Company), and Every Ten Minutes Dew Sweepstakes (soda, Mountain Dew). Appear in various places in this issue.

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