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Issue: Action Comics #866

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Publication Date: August 2008

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Issues: #866 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: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098930410966

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 #866 [Direct Sales]

2 Action Comics #866 [2nd Printing]

Action Comics #866 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

Brainiac Part 1

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Brainiac; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Catherine Grant; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

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Pages: 1

Brainiac Part 1 First Contact

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; General Zod (flashback, cameo); Ursa (flashback, cameo); Brainiac; Lois Lane; Perry White; Steve Lombard; Ron Troupe (cameo); Jimmy Olsen; Catherine Grant; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)

Synopsis: A flashback shows how Brainiac stole Kandor from Krypton. At a staff meeting at the Daily Planet, Perry White welcomes Steve Lombard as new sports editor, and welcomes back Catherine Grant. A Brainiac probe enters Earth's atmosphere; Superman intercepts. It analyzes him, sends the information, and then shuts down. Brainiac's headship receives the information.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued in the next issue.

DC Nation #117 [June 11, 2008] In the Midnight Hour...

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Michael discusses the Batman: Gotham After Midnight maxiseries. Ads for Action Comics #867, Booster Gold #10, Titans #3, and Wonder Woman #21. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

House Advertisements

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Pages: 9

Notes: House ads for: All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder hardcover, Superman: Last Son hardcover, Showcase Presents Series 1 action figures, Ambush Bug: Year None (Unvictorious), Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds (Prime Evil), Reign in Hell, Final Crisis: Revelations (Show No Mercy), Trinity, and Final Crisis (July 2008 checklist). Appear in various places in this issue.

Ads

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Pages: 3

Notes: Total of 3 one-page ads for: MyPyramid.gov (food pyramid, USDA), Get Up and Play An Hour a Day (Department of Health & Human Services), and Yogos Sour Bits (candy, Kellogg's). Appear in various places in this issue.