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Issue: Action Comics #834
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Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/14/2005
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001983411
Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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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Once Upon a Time in Krypton...

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Superman
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FlagSuperman: Strange Attractors #[nn] published July 2006
as Action 834 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]minus all text and the UPC
 
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Awake in the Dark

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Superman; Perry White; Queen of Fables [Tsaritsa]; Lois Lane; Willis; Striped River Witch; Chandelier Warriors; Martian Manhunter (cameo); Flash [Wally West] (cameo); Plastic Man (cameo); Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo)
The Queen of Fables enters the Daily Planet and forces Perry White to sell the paper to her. The Queen blackmails Clark into entering her realm by biting an apple. He finds himself on some version of Krypton and is given a task of retrieving the Queen's shawl from the tower. He fights a snagriff, a Striped River witch, and Chandelier Warriors, retrieving the shawl and giving it to the Queen. He tells her that he is just a man in love, and she returns him to the Planet.
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FlagSuperman: Strange Attractors #[nn] published July 2006
as Awake in the Dark [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus the title, credits, and next issue blurb
 
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Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue.
DC in Demand 12.05

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typeset
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Ads for next issue, Hawkman #47, Infinite Crisis #3, JLA Classified: Cold Steel #1, and The Warlord #1. Appears on page 34 in this issue.
House Advertisements

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House ads for: DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore, Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups vol 1/Superman: True Brit/Villains United (1/2 page), and The Best of the Spirit. Appear in various places in this issue.
Ads

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Total of 5 one-page, 2 two-page, and 1 half-page ads for: Kameo: Elements of Power (game, Microsoft Game Studios), Jakx Combat Racing (game, Sony), neopets: The Darkest Faerie (game, Idol Minds, 2 pages), Mario Kart DS (game, Nintendo, 2 pages), Batman: The Animated Series Volume 4/Superman: The Animated Series Volume 2 (TV DVD, WB, 1/2 page), Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball Max'd (game, Activision), Kong The 8th Wonder of the World (game, Ubisoft), and Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigley's). Appear in various places in this issue.

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