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Issue: Action Comics #856

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Publication Date: November 2007

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Issues: #856 of 866 Issues (1410 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: 2007

Volume: none

Pages: 44

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098930410914

Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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

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Format

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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Action Comics #856 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #856 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (6 total)

Escape from Bizarro World Part Two

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

Escape from Bizarro World Chapter 2

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Bizarro Toyman (unnamed, cameo); Bizarro Mxyzptlk (unnamed, cameo); Bizarro Doomsday (intro); Bizarro Justice League [Bizarro Hawkgirl; Bizarro Green Lantern] (cameo)

Synopsis: Superman and Jonathan confront the Bizarros on their homeworld.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. The first two pages are an homage to the original "Frankenstein" movie.

DC Nation 80 [September 26, 2007]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Jann describes two new titles she'll be editing for the Johnny DC line: Tiny Titans and Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam; and also a third title, Super Friends. Ads for Action Comics #857, Action Comics #856, Green Lantern Corps #16, and Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #34. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

Out of Control

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): AirHeads; Superman

Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; AirHead

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Pages: 8

Notes: This is an 8 page advertising insert (stapled separately but bound into the issue). It has an indicia title of '"Out of Control" Starring SUPERMAN', and is sponsored by AirHeads (candy, Perfetti); the first page is like a cover, the middle pages are a story, and the last page is an ad.

House Advertisements

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Pages: 7

Notes: House ads for: Wildstorm Armageddon, Tales of the Sinestro Corps one shots, Simon Dark, Countdown to Final Crisis teaser (2 pages), zudacomics.com, and The Death of the New Gods. Appear in various places in this issue.

Ads

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Pages: 5

Notes: Total of 3 one-page, and 1 two-page ads for: Chi bi-Ro bo! Park Patrol (video game, Nintendo), Get Your Pow (Saturday TV, KidsWB, 2 pages), Yogos Bits (fruit snack, Kellogg's), and Pokemon Battle Revolution (video game, Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.