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Issue: Action Comics #888

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Publication Date: June 2010

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Issues: #888 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Sales

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [swirl]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 04/14/2010

Volume: none

Pages: 44

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76194120001988811

Price: $3.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: This issue is Red Shield Continuity #37, and went on sale on time.

"Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 04/07/10."

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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

Format Notes:

Variants2

Action Comics #888 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #888 [Newsstand]

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From2

1 Content Item
- Special Sneak Preview [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 2 times from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Captain Atom (headshot)

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Truth to Power Part 2

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Jax-Ur; Rao; Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Doctor Fate [Kent V. Nelson]]; The Nightwing; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Lois Lane; Vohc; Martha Kent (cameo); Krypto (cameo); General Sam Lane (cameo)

Synopsis: The JSA and Wonder Woman arrive to help fight Jax-Ur/Vohc and his Rao construct, but don't have much success, as nuclear weapons are about to be used on Rao. Nightwing, in the Phantom Zone, merges with the Nightwing, and arrives in time to stop the nukes.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from last issue and continues in the next issue.

Chapter Ten

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain Atom

Character(s): Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Mirabai; Danel (death); Aggaro [Mordru]; Zachary Zatara (cameo)

Synopsis: The attack on Mirabai's castle continues. Atom and his friends confront Mirabai, but are stopped. Atom is incapacitated and reverted to human form, but with the encouragement of Aggaro, he re-forms and defeats Mirabai.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Notes: Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Special Sneak Preview

Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Character(s): Zatanna Zatara; Jon; Mikey Dowling; Detective Dale Colton

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Zatanna #1 [unnamed variant] published July 2010
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

From Content Item: Flag

Zatanna #1 [unnamed variant] published July 2010
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]preview of cover and first 5 pages

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Previews the cover and 5 black and white pages of the upcoming series on sale in May.

DC History in Your Future! [April 14, 2010]

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Mike discusses DC Universe: Legacies, and previews the one of the pages of the first issue. Appears on page 42 in this issue.

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Pages: 5

Notes: Total of 5 one-page ads for: The Official Pokemon Johto Guide & Johto Pokedex (book, The Pokemon Company International), DC Super Friends (books, Random House), Batman the Brave and the Bold (books, Gosset & Dunlap), Batman and Superman (books, Harper Collins Publishers), and Generator Rex (TV, Cartoon Network). Appear in various places in this issue.