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Issue: Action Comics #853

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Publication Date: October 2007

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Issues: #853 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098930410911

Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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

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Notes: This issue is labeled as a Countdown Tie-in.

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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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Action Comics #853 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #853 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; Jimmy Olsen

First Line: You can't defeat the Kryptonite Man!

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Pages: 1

3-2-1 Action! Part 2 The Signal

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen

Character(s): Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; K-Monkey; Exomorphic Man (cameo); Robin [Tim Drake] (cameo); Wonder Woman (cameo); Lois Lane; Gina (cameo); Gordan (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Dr. Cyber (cameo); Atomic Skull (cameo); Tobias Whale (cameo); Calculator (cameo); Krypto (cameo); The Ünternet (intro)

Synopsis: The lab monkey from the tests that created the Kryptonite Man is on the loose, and finds the Kryptonite Man, helping him escape. Jimmy has become a hero, Mr. Action, and debates what to do next. Kryptonite Man takes over Rydertech's labs. Jimmy finds out about it, and as Mr. Action attacks, but is defeated. Superman tracks them down, but is overcome also. As he is tied up in the back, Jimmy doesn't know that Superman's there, and constructs another hypersonic signal device. The signal is answered by Krypto.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from the previous issue and from Countdown (DC, 2007 series) #39, and continues in the next issue. The monkey (which appears to be really an ape) is unnamed, but in a Q&A session on Superman Homepage Kurt says that he calls him K-Monkey.

DC Nation 72 [August 1, 2007]

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

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Pages: 1

Notes: Fred goes over what his department does, troubleshooting all the artwork and text just before printing. Ads for Action Comics #854, The All-New Atom #14, Countdown #39, and Metal Men #1. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

House Advertisements

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Pages: 9

Notes: House ads for: Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, The Batman Strikes, Countdown to Adventure, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans Go!, Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special, and www.johnnydc.com. Appear in various places in the issue.

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Pages: 3

Notes: Total of 3 one-page ads for: Top 10 Ways to Tell if your Home has an Energy Hog (advice, Ad Council/7-Eleven), Yogos Bits (fruit snacks, Kellogg's), and Chaotic (card game, Chaotic USA). Appear in various places in the issue.