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Issue: Action Comics #1
Publication Date: April 2012
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Issues: #1 of 129 Issues (446 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Fourth Printing
Rating: Rated T Teen
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 02/15/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194130637700114
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Rated T Teen
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Matt Idelson (Editor); Wil Moss (Associate Editor)
Disclose Notes: "Printed by Transcontinental Interglobe, Beauceville, QC, Canada. 2/3/12. Fourth Printing."

The non-editorial content of this printing differs greatly from the first printing, with house ads, advertisements, and the DC Comics All Access column all different (based on the April dated titles, not the November ones).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In1
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Lee (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman - Action Comics #1 published July 2013
as Action Comics 1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover is a pencils-only version of the Jim Lee first printing cover.
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Superman Versus the City of Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; General Sam Lane; Lex Luthor; Mrs. Nyxly; Mr. Glenmorgan; Gus Grundig; Detective Blake; Zoft; Martinez; Casey
Synopsis: Early in his career, Superman scares a confession out of a corrupt developer and saves slum dwellers from a wrecking ball, as General Lane and Lex Luthor watch. Later, Luthor puts General Lane's daughter and her co-worker Jimmy Olsen in jeopardy when he creates an emergency on an elevated train that requires Superman's intervention to keep it from running straight into the Daily Planet building.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 29
Disclose Notes: Clark calls in his Glenmorgan story to a "Mr. Taylor," presumably George Taylor. Clark's landlady tells him a trio of friends came by, possibly the Legion of Super-Heroes founders.

The mystery woman from Flashpoint #5 appears on page 26.
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Batwing

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ? (interviewer)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): DC Comics the New 52
Character(s): Batwing [David Zavimbe]; Massacre
Synopsis: Interview with Judd Winick and Ben Oliver about Batwing (DC, 2011 series).
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Animal Man

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ? (interviewer)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): DC Comics the New 52
Character(s): Animal Man [Buddy Baker]
Synopsis: Interview with Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman about Animal Man (DC, 2011 series).
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sep 07 2011

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): DC Comics All Access
First Line: Welcome to your very FIRST DC ALL ACCESS
Synopsis: Jim Lee talks about the beginning discussions of The New 52.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contains some sketches done during The New 52 discussion and planning.

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