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Issue: Superman: 3-2-1 Action! #[nn]
Publication Date: June 2008
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 04/02/2008
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Pages: 164
ISBN: 9781401216801
UPC/EAN: 978140121680151499
Price: $16.99 CAD
$14.99 USD
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Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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3-2-1 Action!

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superhero
Superman; Jimmy Olsen
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Introduction

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[untitled]

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Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane
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Jimmy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (flashback); Jimmy Olsen (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback); Perry White (flashback); The 10 (predecessor to The 100) (intro, flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Barry Giardelli (flashback); Mr. Olsen (photo); Dr. Sarah Olsen (Jimmy's mother) (photo); Tess Haslip (flashback, dies); Monte McGraw (flashback); Monte's gang [including Ronson; Henny; Burford] (flashback); Rannian Xuri-cannons
Set "years ago", young Jimmy Olsen is selling extra newspapers on the street. The "10" is operating in Metropolis, and have killed Jimmy's guardian, his neighbor Tess Haslip. She had accounting books that they want. The 10 is after Jimmy thinking he may know where the books are, so he's been living in the Planet's basement to hide. They find him and kidnap him. Superman tracks them, but they trap him. Jimmy frees him, and they clean up the gang. Jimmy is hired as a copy boy at the Planet, and becomes Superman's pal.
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"Fort Bridwell" is an homage to former Superman writer/editor E. Nelson Bridwell. "Kurtiswana" is an homage to former Superman penciller Curt Swan.
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Superman; Jimmy Olsen
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3-2-1 Action! Part 1 Choices

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superhero
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Killer Croc (flashback, cameo); Perry White (cameo); Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; Dalton Sanders; Jenet Klyburn (cameo); Rance Howard (cameo); David Igawa (cameo); Clan MacHinery AKA The Rude Mechanicals (flashback)
Jimmy remembers the origins of his signal watch.
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[untitled]

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Superman; Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; Jimmy Olsen
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3-2-1 Action! Part 2 The Signal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; K-Monkey; Exomorphic Man (cameo); Robin [Tim Drake] (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Lois Lane; Gina (cameo); Gordan (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Dr. Cyber (cameo); Atomic Skull (cameo); Tobias Whale (cameo); Calculator (cameo); Krypto (cameo); The Ünternet (intro)
The lab monkey from the tests that created the Kryptonite Man is on the loose, and finds the Kryptonite Man, helping him escape. Jimmy has become a hero, Mr. Action, and debates what to do next. Kryptonite Man takes over Rydertech's labs. Jimmy finds out about it, and as Mr. Action attacks, but is defeated. Superman tracks them down, but is overcome also. As he is tied up in the back, Jimmy doesn't know that Superman's there, and constructs another hypersonic signal device. The signal is answered by Krypto.
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The monkey (which appears to be really an ape) is unnamed, but in a Q&A session on Superman Homepage Kurt Busiek says that he calls him K-Monkey.
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Superman; K-Monkey; Jimmy Olsen
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3-2-1 Action! Part 3 Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; Krypto; K-Monkey; Jenet Klyburn (cameo); Murphy (cameo); Gina (cameo)
Jimmy and Krypto battle the kryptonite monkey.
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The monkey (which appears to be really an ape) is unnamed, but in a Q&A session on Superman Homepage Kurt Busiek says that he calls him K-Monkey.
[untitled]

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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Guardian; Dubbilex
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The American Evolution

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superhero
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Bernie Sobel; Lois Lane; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Simyan; Mokkari; Guardian [Jim Harper] (clone, origin); Dubbilex; Darkseid; Morgan Edge; Octopod
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