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Issue: Action Comics #864

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Publication Date: June 2008

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Issues: #864 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: 07098930410964

Price: $2.99 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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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 #864 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #864 [Newsstand]

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Chris Kent [Lor-Zod]; General Zod; Ursa; Non; Bizarro; Bizarro Batman; Bizarro Green Lantern; Bizarro Doomsday; Mon-El; Batman; Wildfire (Lightning Saga); Dawnstar (Lightning Saga); Earth-Man [Absorbancy Boy]; Spider-Girl; Tusker

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Batman and the Legion of Super-Heroes

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Batman; Lightning Lad (Lightning Saga); Commissioner James Gordon; Una (corpse); Karate Kid (Lightning Saga, corpse); Starman [Thom Kallor]; Time Trapper; Chameleon Boy (Lightning Saga, flashback, cameo); Wildfire (Lightning Saga, flashback, cameo); Princess Projectra (Lightning Saga, flashback, cameo); Shadow Lass (Lightning Saga, flashback, cameo); Hawkman [Kartar Hall] (flashback, cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (flashback, cameo); Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson] (flashback, cameo); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback, cameo); Cosmic Boy (reboot Legion, flashback, cameo); Saturn Girl (reboot Legion, flashback, cameo); Ferro Lad (reboot Legion, flashback, cameo); The Flash [Wally West] (flashback, cameo); Impulse (flashback, cameo); Green Arrow [Connor Hawke] (flashback, cameo); Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] (flashback, cameo); Wonder Woman (flashback, cameo); Brainiac 5 (current, flashback, cameo); Earth-Man [Absorbancy Boy] (cameo); Spider-Girl (cameo); Brainiac (cameo); Magog (cameo)

Synopsis: A voice comments on events throughout the issue. Lightning Lad has brought Superman back to the 21st century Fortress. Batman arrives, and after mentioning he has met three different Legions, he tells Superman that he has found two bodies in Gotham, those of be Una and Karate Kid. Their flight ring alarms go off; Starman has signaled. He warns Superman in a cryptic fashion about what is going to happen. Back in the Fortress, the bodies are loaded into a time bubble. Lightning Lad gives Superman a new flight ring before taking off. The unseen narrator is revealed as the Time Trapper.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Story continues in Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds (DC, 2008 series) #1.

DC Nation #111 [April 30, 2008]

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Notes: Dan talks about the DC Universe Zero one shot. Ads for Action Comics #865, Blue Beetle #26, DC Universe #0, and Teen Titans #58. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

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Notes: House ads for: All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder hardcover, Final Crisis (The Day Evil Won), Rann/Thanagar: Holy War, Batman R.I.P., Envy (Hush), All Star Superman softcover, Tor, Trinity, and Batman Gotham: After Midnight. Appear in various places in this issue.

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Notes: Total of 3 one-page ads for: Twist of Fate: The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story (DVD, WWE Home Video), Sweetarts Rope (candy, Wonka), and Ben 10: Alien Force (TV, Cartoon Network). Appear in various places in this issue.