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Issue: Action Comics #851 [3D]
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 07/04/2007
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194126350285111
Price: $4.75 CAD
$3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This 3-D version of this issue is generally identical to the normal issue; the only differences are the 3-D effects on the cover and story, the 3-D goggles inserted, and the price. Also, on the cover a phantom zone villain on the upper right is over the logo on the normal cover, but behind it on this cover. This issue was one week late from the original shipping date of this issue and went on sale 2007-07-05 in the US. The contents of this issue had originally been solicited first for issue #847, then for issue #848, and then finally for this issue; DC announced the change in a press release dated 2007-02-13.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; General Zod; Ursa; Chris Kent [Lor-Zod]
Reprinting
FlagSuperman: Last Son #[nn] published September 2008
as Chapter Four [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Last Son Part Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Mon-El; General Zod; Ursa; Chris Kent [Lor-Zod]; Dev-Em (intro); Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Power Girl (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo); Batman (cameo); Superman Revenge Squad [Bizarro; Metallo; Parasite] (intro, cameo); Phantom Zone; Fort Rozz (intro)
Superman's trying to adjust to being in the Phantom Zone, and sees the events back on Earth. Zod, Ursa, and Non have Chris, and Supergirl and the Justice League are fighting the Kryptonians. Mon-El (a friend Superman projected into the zone years ago to save him from lead poisoning) appears, and helps Superman adjust to the zone. Mon-El describes how it started, with Zod finding Fort Rozz, a prison that had been accidentally transported in when a projector exploded during a riot started by Dev-Em. As the circumstances were unusual, the fort is actually solid, and people can be normal inside of it, and time passes. That's how Zod and Ursa had their son Lor-Zod (Chris), but they abused him. Superman goes into the fort, confronts Dev-Em, and is about to be knifed, but Mon-El joins and rescues him. But Mon-El is affected by the lead poisoning again, so Superman has to push him back into the regular zone. Superman finds another ship, and launches it, leaving the zone and returning to Earth. He arrives to find a destroyed Metropolis, with Kryptonian crystals growing in one area. The defeated heroes are being brought there, and Ursa wants to kill Lois, but Zod wants to find out why Superman "settled" for her. However, Lor-Zod attacks Zod with his heat vision to stop him, as that's what Superman would do. Zod then says he needs to remind Lor-Zod of who is father is. Superman knows he can't confront the criminals directly, so he finds Luthor, and "asks" to borrow his anti-Kryptonian weapons. Luthor laughs, and has Parasite, Bizarro, and Metallo attack Superman.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman: Last Son #[nn] published September 2008
as Chapter Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
23
Story continued from issue #846 and continues in Action Comics Annual (1987 series) #11. The Kryptonese text on the button on page 12 is translated as: "LAUNCH".
Phantom Zone Vision

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
Subject Matter
superhero
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Miscellaneous
4
"Safety goggles" (3-D glasses). Labeled both in English and Kryptonese, and includes a photo of associate editor Nachie Castro dressed as a phantom zone villain wearing the goggles (ID confirmed by Geoff in a post on his message board dated 2007-11-10).
DC Nation #67 [June 27, 2007]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Dan discusses the four weddings and a funeral that will happen in the DCU in 2007. Ads for Action Comics #852, Amazons Attack #3, Countdown #44, and Sinestro Corps Special #1. Appears on page 33 in this issue.
House Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
4.67
House ads for: Justice League of America hardcover (2/3 page), Flash the Fastest Man Alive, Batman and Son hardcover, Green Arrow Year One, and Black Canary. Appear in various places in this issue.
Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6.33
Total of 5 one-page and 1 one-and-one-third page ads for: Ratatouille The Video Game (video game, THQ), Kyle XY (TV, ABC Family), Pokemon Battle Revolution (video game, Nintendo), Hunger Gets What Hunger Wants (food, BallPark franks, 1 and 1/3 pages), Push-Up (frozen treat, Nestle), and Hubba Bubba (gum, Wrigley's). Appear in various places in this issue.

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