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Issue: Action Comics #890
Publication Date: August 2010
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Issues: #890 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: 2nd Printing
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 07/28/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001989012
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: The second printing was announced on 2010-07-07. Includes one different house ad page and one different ad page from the first printing. "Printed by Quad/Graphics, Montreal, QC, Canada. 07/21/10."

Features "Blackest Night Aftermath" promotion on the cover.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A re-colored version of the main first printing cover, but with Lex dressed in his green and purple warsuit instead of an Orange Lantern costume.
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The Black Ring Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Spalding; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (introduction); Sasky; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback, cameo); Wonder Woman [Diana] (flashback, cameo); Atom [Ray Palmer] (flashback, cameo); Mera (flashback, cameo); Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback, cameo); Scarecrow (flashback, cameo); Sinestro (flashback, cameo); Superman (simulation); Larfleeze (simulation); Guardian (simulation); Brainiac (simulation); Congorilla (simulation); Joker (simulation); Black Canary (simulation); Martian Manhunter (simulation); Darkseid (simulation); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (cameo); John Henry Irons [Steel] (cameo); Superboy [Kon-El] (cameo); Krypto (cameo); Mister Mind (cameo)
Synopsis: Luthor has been kidnapped and hung upside-down off the top of a building. He flashes back to how he got into the situation, starting with his quest to get back the power of a Black Lantern Ring. He and his robot assistant Lois had tracked down the locations of residual black ring energy, but were stopped by the kidnapping. Luthor discovers the brain behind his capture was Mister Mind.
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Pages: 30
Disclose Notes: Story continues in the next issue.
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Well? What Did You Think? [June 30, 2010]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Nation
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ian talks about Batman #700, Superman #700, and Wonder Woman #600, and J. Michael Straczynski taking over the Superman and Wonder Woman titles. Appears on page 42 in this issue.
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House Advertisements

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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: House ads for: Batman #701, Blackest Night hardcover, Justice League of America #46/Justice Society of America #41, Batman and Robin #13, What's Next - Great Graphic Novels You Should Be Reading (Batwoman: Elegy/Flash: Rebirth), Batman Black and White Arkham Asylum statue (first printing only)/Wonder Woman #601 (second printing only), and Brightest Day. 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: Moonshadow: Rise of the Ninja (book, Little, Brown and Company), Unnatural History (TV, Cartoon Network, 2 pages), Let's Look Out For Each Other (Surfrider Foundation, first printing only)/Despicable Me The Books (books, Little, Brown and Company, second printing only), and Big Problems call for Big Solutions: Hero Factory (toys, Lego). Appear in various places in this issue.

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