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Issue: Action Comics #831
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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: 09/14/2005
Volume: none
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001983111
Price: $3.50 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: A Villains United tie-in.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Black Adam
Reprinting
FlagSuperman: Strange Attractors #[nn] published July 2006
as Action 831 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]minus all text and the UPC
 
Miscellaneous
1
Black & Blue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Lex Luthor [Alexander Luthor (Earth 3)] (cameo); Bizarro (cameo); Professor Zoom (cameo); Cheetah (cameo); Dr. Psycho; Toni Sparlin, Brendan Sparlin; Lois Lane; Black Adam; Beast Boy (cameo); Jimmy Olsen; Josef Schuman; Perry White (cameo); Lana Lang; Shrapnel (flashback, cameo); Congressman Mark Shephard (cameo)
Luthor has Cheetah recruit Bizarro and Zoom for the Secret Society. Superman and Black Adam fight. Lois and Lana get details about what is known about the Society from a Pentagon general. Lois gets word of the Society to Superman in the middle of the battle. Superman attempts one last KO punch, but Adam turns his back to Superman, causing Superman to stop the fight. Dr. Psycho attempts to blackmail his way to freedom. Superman agrees, and Psycho releases everyone from his control. Superman threatens that he's watching the Society now that he knows about it, and Adam takes Psycho back.
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FlagSuperman: The Journey #[nn] published April 2006pages 1 (first three panels, minus captions), 7 (minus caption), 13 (minus caption), and 22 (minus next issue blurb)
FlagSuperman: Strange Attractors #[nn] published July 2006
as Black & Blue [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 2-6, 8-12, 14-21, minus the title and credits; minus the title and credits
 
Miscellaneous
22
Story continued from previous issue.
DC in Demand 09.05

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Ads for next issue, All Star Superman, All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #2, JLA #118, and Supergirl #2. Appears on page 32 in this issue.
House Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
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House ads for: Green Lantern Corps: Recharge, and Seven Soldiers (Mister Miracle, Bulleteer, Frankenstein). Appear in various places in this issue.
Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
14
Total of 12 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Corpse Bride Back to School Sweepstakes (collectibles, McFarlane Toys), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigleys), Captain Crow's Teeth (book, Miramax Books), ThunderCharge of Ultra Destruction DuelMasters (card game, Wizards of the Coast), DICE (game, Bandai), Smallville Season 4 (DVD, WB), Advance Wars Dual Strike (game, Nintendo), Yu-Gi-Oh TCG Collector Tins (Konami), Big League Chew (bubble gum), Yu-Gi-Oh Cybernetic Revolution (card game, Konami), Marvel Nemesis (game, Electronic Arts, 2 pages), Oxy (acne pads, Mentholatum Company), and Every Ten Minutes Dew Sweepstakes (soda, Mountain Dew). Appear in various places in this issue.

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