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Issue: Action Comics #842
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
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Volume: none
Pages: 40
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UPC/EAN: 07447030410410
Price: $4.00 CAD
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Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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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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Aliens Are Stealing Our Stuff

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; the Auctioneer; Killer Frost; Parasite; Catman; Livewire
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Kurt Busiek confirmed he wrote the cover copy for this cover.
Back in Action Part 2 Action & Reaction

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; The Auctioneer; Teen Titans [Kid Devil; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cyborg; Ravager; Flash [Bart Allen]]; Wonder Woman; Batman (cameo); Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Catwoman (cameo); Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes] (cameo); Knockout (cameo); Catman (cameo); Hourman [Rick Tyler] (cameo); Stargirl (cameo); Nightwing; Firestorm [Jason Rusch]; Blue Jay; Skyrocket; Veteran; Livewire; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Packaging Unit Tau-Tau 7; Meg Tempest (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); General Hastings; Sabrina McCaffey
The Auctioneer's robots begin to kidnap metahumans.
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Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
DC Nation: #24 [August 30, 2006]

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Dan shows pictures from the San Diego Comic-Con, and mentions the upcoming Baltimore Comic-Con. Ads for Action Comics #843, Justice #7, Trials of Shazam #1, and Action Comics #842. Appears on page 38 in this issue.
Ads

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Total of 16 one-page ads for: Captain Underpants (books, Scholastic), Let play out, Let adventure in (Verb), Wonka Laffy Taffy (candy, Nestle), Cars The Videogame (game, Buena Vista Games), Justice League (frozen novelties), Lego Batman Set #7783 and 7784 with Secret Files and Origins of The Batcave (toy, Lego), Wonka Sour Nerds (candy, Nestle), Scooby Doo Push-Up (frozen Slushy, Nestle), Avatar Secret of the Fire Nation (TV movie, Nickelodeon), Avatar the Last Airbender (products, Nickelodeon), Monster House (video game, THQ), OK To Play? (video game ratings, Entertainment Software Rating Board), YinYangYo (TV, Jetix), The Replacements (TV, Disney), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigley), and Brother Bear 2 (DVD, Disney). Appear in various places in this issue.

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