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Issue: Action Comics #869
Publication Date: November 2008
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Issues: #869 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Corrected Version
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/17/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001986911
Price: $2.99 CAD
$2.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This issue went on sale one week late from the solicited shipping date of this issue. DC announced in a press release on 2008-09-09 that this book would be late due to a "printing error". When it did ship, the cover was slightly different than the solicited cover; instead of holding bottles labeled Beer, Clark and Jonathan were now holding bottles labeled "Soda Pop". Apparently, that was the reason for the delay, as some copies have surfaced from the original printing that still had the beer bottles on them.
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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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Brainiac Part 4

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Headship
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In Issue: FlagSuperman de Geoff Johns #3 published October 2011
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Pages: 1
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Brainiac Part 4 Mind Over Matter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Brainiac; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Catherine Grant; Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Steve Lombard; Ron Troupe; Brainiac Probe; Zor-El; Alura; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)
Synopsis: Brainiac's probes arrive in Metropolis, and Supergirl and Lois confront them. On the ship Superman and Brainiac continue their confrontation, and Superman gains the upper hand, putting Brainiac temporarily out of commission. He then goes to get the Kandor bottle, which starts communicating with him. Supergirl's parents are alive in there, and tell how they and Argo City survived the initial destruction of Krypton using Brainiac's technology. But Brainiac tracked them down, destroying Argo City, which forced Zor-El and Alura to send Kara away to Earth in the moments before destruction. But Brainiac has recovered; he severs the communications link and recaptures Superman. Supergirl is also captured and brought to the ship. A bottle starts forming around Metropolis, and the ship then fires a weapon into the Earth's sun.
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In Issue: FlagSuperman de Geoff Johns #3 published October 2011
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue.
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DC Nation #130 [September 10, 2008]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ian talks about Batman: Cacophony, written by Kevin Smith, and how the existence of it was kept secret until the San Diego Comic-Con. Ads for Action Comics #870, DC Universe: Decisions #1, Final Crisis: Revelations #2, and Trinity #15. Appears on page 34 in this issue.
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House Advertisements

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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: House ads for: DC Universe: Decisions, Trinity, Secret Six, Frank Miller's Absolute Ronin, and Final Crisis (October 2008 checklist). Appear in various places in this issue.
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Ads

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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Total of 5 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Hubba Bubba Glop (gum, Wrigleys), Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (video game, Sega), Batman: Build Your Own Gotham Adventure! (toys, Lego), Dinosaur King (video game, Sega, 2 pages), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV, Cartoon Network), and Lego Batman: The Videogame (video game, TT Games). Appear in various places in this issue.

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