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Issue: Action Comics #894
Publication Date: December 2010
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Issues: #894 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 10/27/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001989411
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This issue went on sale on time. "Printed by Quad/Graphics, Montreal, QC, Canada. 10/20/10."
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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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Death in Action!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Death of the Endless; Jimmy Olsen (headshot)
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Pages: 1
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The Black Ring Part Five

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Death of the Endless; Superman (flashback, cameo); Joker (flashback, cameo); Dr. Light [Arthur Light] (flashback, cameo); Superboy [Conner Kent] (flashback, cameo); Lena Luthor (flashback, cameo); Lori Luthor (flashback, cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (cameo); Mr. Spalding (cameo); Spearhavoc (flashback, cameo); Vandal Savage (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: Lex finds himself with Death, gazing on his own body (after it was shot in the last issue). She gives him a life review. Lex tries arguing for his life, tries to bribe her, tries to gain her sympathy; but she's heard it all before. She gets his views on the afterlife, and Lex refuses to accept his fate. But he doesn't have to; Death reveals to him that he's not dead, and indeed, he awakens back in his jet, quite alive.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

In interviews with Paul Cornell, Paul says that Neil wrote "quite a lot of Death's dialog", and hoped DC would credit Neil as co-writer (which they didn't; he's credited as "very special thanks to neil gaiman").
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Jimmy Olsen's Big Week Day Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Durvella Cwion; Chloe Sullivan; Sebastien Mallory; Mayor Fleming; Durvella's brother; Zack Howard (TV)
Synopsis: The leader of the alien fleet announces that her people want to hold their annual celebration on Earth this year. Jimmy and Sebastien are assigned to escort them around the city, while Chloe researches more about the aliens. The leader takes a liking to Jimmy, and they go for a joyride in her spaceship, crashing into the Daily Planet globe. Chloe finds out that the planets hosting the alien celebrations don't survive the event.
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In Content Item: FlagJimmy Olsen #1 published May 2011
as Jimmy Olsen's Big Week Day Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue.
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This Is Happening Right Now! [October 27, 2010]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ian talks about Death's appearance in Action Comics #894 (this very issue). Appears on page 42 in this issue.
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House Advertisements

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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: House ads for: Justice Society of America #44, Batman: the Dark Knight, Batman Incorporated, Batman #704, Batwoman #0, Detective Comics #871, and Superboy. Appear in various places in this issue.
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Ads

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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Total of 3 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: DC Super Heroes the Ultimate Pop-up Book (book, Little Brown and Company), Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Swamp (2 pages, video game, Nintendo), Sym-Bionic Titans (TV, Cartoon Network), and Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Cosmic Destruction (video game, D3Publisher). Appear in various places in this issue.

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