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Issue: Action Comics #896
Publication Date: February 2011
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Issues: #896 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
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: 12/29/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001989611
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. 12/15/10."

This is the last issue to carry the Comics Code Authority stamp on the cover. This seal had appeared on every issue since #202 in 1955.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]]; Jimmy Olsen (headshot)
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In Content Item: FlagSecret Six: The Reptile Brain #[nn] published July 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Black Ring #2 published November 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Black Ring Part Seven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Scandal Savage; Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]; Black Alice [Lori Zechlin]]; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Monique; Mister Mind; Joker (cameo)
Synopsis: Vandal Savage has confronted Luthor in his boardroom after sabotaging the building, but Luthor has worked out a deal with the Secret Six, summoning them to rescue him. Monique, one of Luthor's employees, reactivates RoboLois, reveals that she is being controlled by Mr. Mind, and asks her what happened when they met earlier. But RoboLois has her own agenda, separate from the person controlling Mr. Mind and from Luthor. She and the Six fight with Savage over a detonator, which results in RoboLois being cleaved in half, Savage's daughter Scandal injured, and the detonator triggered.
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In Content Item: FlagSecret Six: The Reptile Brain #[nn] published July 2011
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Black Ring #2 published November 2011
as The Black Ring, Part Seven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Story continued from the previous issue and immediately continues in Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29 and after that in the next issue.
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Jimmy Olsen's Big Week Day Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Sebastien Mallory; Chloe Sullivan; Maggie Mxyzptlk (introduction)
Synopsis: Lois has volunteered Jimmy to be part of a charity date auction. Also participating is Chloe. Mallory wins a date with her, while nobody wants to bid for Jimmy. That is, until Maggie shows up with a $1,000,000 bid. They enjoy some time together, until Maggie suddenly shows magical powers, and reveals her last name is Mxyzptlk. Jimmy freaks out and tries to hide, but suddenly finds himself marrying her.
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In Content Item: FlagJimmy Olsen #1 published May 2011
as Jimmy Olsen's Big Week Day Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2011 series) #1.
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Happy New Year!!! [December 29, 2010]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On behalf of everyone in the DCU, Ian gives thanks for support in 2010, and looks forward to 2011. Appears on page 42 in this issue.
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House Advertisements

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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: House ads for: Brightest Day hardcover volume 1, The Flash Road to Flashpoint, Batman Beyond, Batman: Europa (slated for January 2011 but did not come out), Weird Worlds, Batwoman (slated for February 2011, but came out later as part of the New 52), Batman Arkham Asylum action figures, and Brightest Day. Appear in various places in this issue.
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Total of 4 one-page ads for: Yogi Bear the Video Game (video game, D3Publisher), Deck Your Halls with Holiday Awesome! (sweepstakes, Warner Bros. Entertainment), WonderCon (convention, ComicCon International), and Dragon Quest Sentinels of the Starry Skies (video game, Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.

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