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Issue: Action Comics #868

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Publication Date: October 2008

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Issues: #868 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

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Volume: none

Pages: 36

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UPC/EAN: 07098930410968

Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (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 #868 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #868 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

Brainiac Part 3

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Colorist(s): Brad Anderson (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Brainiac

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Pages: 1

Brainiac Part 3 Greetings

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Colorist(s): Brad Anderson

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Brainiac; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Catherine Grant; Lois Lane; Ultra the Multi-Alien (cameo); Koko; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Steve Lombard (cameo); Ron Troupe (cameo)

Synopsis: Supergirl visits the Daily Planet, looking for Clark, but making an enemy of Cat Grant in the meantime. Superman is still unconscious on Brainiac's ship, being probed. After awakening and destroying the Brainiac probes, he explores the ship, fighting Kono, finding various people (including Ultra) in suspended animation, finding a room of bottled cities, and hearing Kryptonese. He tracks the latter to a particular city in a bottle: Kandor. The real Brainiac awakens, and they confront each other. Brainiac has traced Superman back to Earth, which he now plans to gather knowledge from.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. The Kryptonese text on page 11 is translated as "DO YOU SEE THAT", "A SHADOW", "A SHADOW IN THE SKY", "THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SHADOW IN THE SKY", "WHAT IS IT".

DC Nation #126 [August 13, 2008]

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Notes: Dan talks about Joe Straczynski taking over The Brave and the Bold, and the plans to license the Archie superhero characters for it. Ads for Action Comics #869, Action Comics #868, Final Crisis: Revelations #1, and Wonder Woman #23. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

House Advertisements

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Notes: House ads for: Final Crisis (September 2008 checklist), Secret Six, Frank Miller's Absolute Ronin, Trinity, Final Crisis: Revelations (Show No Mercy), and Kingdom Come new edition softcover. Appear in various places in this issue.

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Notes: Total of 6 one-page ads for: Dinosaur King (video game, Sega), Heck Where the Bad Kids Go (book, Random House Children's Books), Carnival Games (video games, Take Two Interactive Software), Batman Battle Rolls Fruit Roll-Ups (fruit snacks, Betty Crocker), MLB Power Pros (video game, Konami), and Hubba Bubba Glop (gum, Wrigleys). Appear in various places in this issue.