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Issue: Action Comics #862

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Publication Date: April 2008

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Issues: #862 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Keith Giffen / Al Milgrom Cover

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [swirl]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 02/27/2008

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76194120001986221

Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

Notes: 1 in 10 variant. Cover is an homage to the cover of Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #195 by Joe Kubert.

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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

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Variants3

Action Comics #862 [Direct Sales]

2 Action Comics #862 [Keith Giffen / Al Milgrom Cover]

Action Comics #862 [Newsstand]

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1 Content Item
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Cover, Front

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Rainbow Girl; Fire Lad; Spider-Girl; Tusker; Storm Boy; Radiation Roy

Reprinting

In Issue:

Superman de Geoff Johns #2 published June 2011

In Content Item: Flag

Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes #[nn] published September 2008
as Variant Cover [to Action Comics 862] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]minus all text and the UPC

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Pages: 1

Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes Chapter 5: Revenge of the Rejects

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Polar Boy; Justice League [Earth-Man [Absorbancy Boy]; Spider-Girl; Tusker; Golden Boy; Storm Boy; Radiation Roy]; Eye-Ful Ethel; Chameleon Girl [Yera Allon]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Rainbow Girl; Chlorophyll Kid; Fire Lad; Stone Boy]; Night Girl (flashback, cameo); Phantom Girl (flashback, cameo); Chameleon Boy (flashback, cameo); Triplicate Girl (flashback, cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Cosmic Boy (cameo); Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart] (cameo); Shadow Lass (cameo); Lightning Lass (cameo); Timber Wolf (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo)

Synopsis: In the 31st century, as Superman and his Legion colleagues return to Earth, he decides to call in the Legion of Substitute-Heroes to run interference for them. They do, attacking Justice League headquarters with a space bus. Meanwhile, Superman's team sneaks in, and find the missing Legionnaires, along with the crystal tablet that proclaimed that Superman was human, and it appears genuine. They also find Sun Boy, and discover the machine he's attached to has changed the sun's color. They also find Chameleon Girl, but as she gets close, they discover that it's really Earth-Man, who attacks them. Earth-Man confronts Superman, whom he hates for being accepted by the Legion when he wasn't. They fight, which Earth-Man gains the upper hand with all the Legionnaires stolen powers versus a powerless Superman. But Superman takes the fight "outside", to Earth orbit.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. The Kryptonese text on the crystal tablet on page 15 reads "THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN".

DC Nation 102 [February 27, 2008]

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Rachel previews the new Super Friends book for younger readers. Ads for Action Comics #863, Countdown #9, Legion of Super-Heroes #56, and Teen Titans #56. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

House Advertisements

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Pages: 9

Notes: House ads for: Superman (Oppression), Wonder Woman: Who is Wonder Woman? hardcover, All Star Series 1 action figures, Justice League The New Frontier Special, Justice League of America Build-a-Scene statues, Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga hardcover, Trinity action figures, Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come Part 1 hardcover, and Tangent: Superman's Reign. Appear in various places in this issue.

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Notes: Total of 3 one-page ads for: Pirates of the Caribbean Online (game, Disney), New York ComicCon (comic convention, Reed Exhibitions), and Phineas and Ferb (TV, Disney Channel). Appear in various places in this issue.