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Issue: Action Comics #890

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Publication Date: August 2010

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Issues: #890 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

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Volume: none

Pages: 44

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UPC/EAN: 07099230410390

Price: $4.75 CAD
$3.99 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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Notes: Features "Blackest Night Aftermath" promotion on the cover.

"Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 06/23/10."

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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 #890 [Direct Sales]

2 Action Comics #890 [2nd Printing]

3 Action Comics #890 [David Finch Lex Luthor Business Suit Cover]

Action Comics #890 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Lex Luthor

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Pages: 1

The Black Ring Part One

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Lex Luthor; Spalding; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (introduction); Sasky; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback, cameo); Wonder Woman [Diana] (flashback, cameo); Atom [Ray Palmer] (flashback, cameo); Mera (flashback, cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback, cameo); Scarecrow (flashback, cameo); Sinestro (flashback, cameo); Superman (simulation); Larfleeze (simulation); Guardian (simulation); Brainiac (simulation); Congorilla (simulation); Joker (simulation); Black Canary (simulation); Martian Manhunter (simulation); Darkseid (simulation); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); John Henry Irons [Steel] (cameo); Superboy [Kon-El] (cameo); Krypto (cameo); Mister Mind (cameo)

Synopsis: Luthor has been kidnapped and hung upside-down off the top of a building. He flashes back to how he got into the situation, starting with his quest to get back the power of a Black Lantern Ring. He and his robot assistant Lois had tracked down the locations of residual black ring energy, but were stopped by the kidnapping. Luthor discovers the brain behind his capture was Mister Mind.

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Pages: 30

Notes: Story continues in the next issue.

Well? What Did You Think? [June 30, 2010]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ian talks about Batman #700, Superman #700, and Wonder Woman #600, and J. Michael Straczynski taking over the Superman and Wonder Woman titles. Appears on page 42 in this issue.

House Advertisements

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Notes: House ads for: Batman #701, Blackest Night hardcover, Justice League of America #46/Justice Society of America #41, Batman and Robin #13, What's Next - Great Graphic Novels You Should Be Reading (Batwoman: Elegy/Flash: Rebirth), Batman Black and White Arkham Asylum statue (first printing only)/Wonder Woman #601 (second printing only), and Brightest Day. Appear in various places in this issue.

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Notes: Total of 3 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Moonshadow: Rise of the Ninja (book, Little, Brown and Company), Unnatural History (TV, Cartoon Network, 2 pages), Let's Look Out For Each Other (Surfrider Foundation, first printing only)/Despicable Me The Books (books, Little, Brown and Company, second printing only), and Big Problems call for Big Solutions: Hero Factory (toys, Lego). Appear in various places in this issue.