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Issue: Action Comics #839

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Publication Date: July 2006

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Issues: #839 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Sales

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [swirl]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 05/31/2006

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76194120001983911

Price: $4.00 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

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Notes: This issue went on sale 2006-06-01 in the US.

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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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Variants2

Action Comics #839 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #839 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Up, Up, and Away! Part 6 [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Six This Looks Like a Job... [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

Up, Up, and Away! Part 6

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Lex Luthor

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Up, Up and Away #[nn] published November 2006
as Up, Up, and Away! Part 6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]minus all text and the UPC

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: A "1 Year Later" tie-in.

Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Six This Looks Like a Job...

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Superman (Earth 2, flashback, cameo); Superboy Prime (flashback, cameo); Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt] (flashback cameo); Dr. Light [Kimiyo Hoshi] (flashback cameo); Lois Lane; Livewire; Silver Banshee; Bloodsport; Riot; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang (flashback, cameo); Pete Ross (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Perry White; Josef Schuman (cameo); Connie (Daily Planet reporter, cameo); Lex Luthor; Toyman

Synopsis: Luthor brings a spaceship that was buried in the Earth's core to the surface.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: Up, Up and Away #[nn] published November 2006
as Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Six This Looks Like a Job... [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus the title and credits

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from Superman (2006 series) #652 and continues in Superman (2006 series) #653. There is mention of a reporter named Bratton, a reference to Percy Bratton pre-Crisis. This issue features the post-Crisis debut of Superman's super-intelligence.
The Kryptonian text on page 19 is translated as follows: panel 1: "DREADNOUGHT-CLASS CRAFT DESIGNATED 'DOOMSDAY.' UNDER COMMAND OF ADMIRALTY OFFICER DRU-ZOD. AWAITING AUTHORIZATION VOICEPRINT." Panel 3: "OVERRIDE ACCEPTED. WELCOME, COMMANDER."

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In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Dan discusses DC's dodgeball and softball teams. Ads for Superman #653, 52 #4, Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre #1, and Superman/Batman #26. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

House Advertisement

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: House ad for: Teen Titans Go. Appears on page 17 in this issue.

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Pages: 11.5

Notes: Total of 11 one-page and 1 half-page ads for: Do The Volcano Dance (Lilo and Stitch Book Series, Disney Press), Bubble Tape Giveaway (sweepstakes, Wrigley), How Will Yellowball Move You? (Verb), Rampage: Total Destruction (video game, Midway), You Can Help CinnaMon Find His Way to the Apple Jacks (cereal, Kellogg's), Avatar Book 1 Volume 3 (DVD, Paramount, 1/2 page), Yu-Gi-Oh Online (USB Duelpass key, Konami), Batwing Lego Batman Set #7782 with Secret Files and Origins of Batman (toy, Lego), Justice League (frozen novelties), New Super Mario Bros (video game, Nintendo), Big League Chew (gum), and Push-Up (frozen slushy, Nestle). Appear in various places in the issue.