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Issue: Action Comics #856
Publication Date: November 2007
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Issues: #856 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
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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: 10/03/2007
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001985611
Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This issue went on sale one week late from the solicited shipping date.
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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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Escape from Bizarro World Part Two

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: Escape from Bizarro World #[nn] published July 2008
In Issue: FlagSuperman de Geoff Johns #1 published April 2011
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Escape from Bizarro World #[nn] published July 2008
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Escape from Bizarro World Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bizarro Toyman (unnamed, cameo); Bizarro Mxyzptlk (unnamed, cameo); Bizarro Doomsday (intro); Bizarro Justice League [Bizarro Hawkgirl; Bizarro Green Lantern] (cameo)
Synopsis: Superman and Jonathan confront the Bizarros on their homeworld.
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: Escape from Bizarro World #[nn] published July 2008
In Issue: FlagSuperman de Geoff Johns #1 published April 2011
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Escape from Bizarro World #[nn] published July 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. The first two pages are an homage to the original "Frankenstein" movie.
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DC Nation 80 [September 26, 2007]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jann describes two new titles she'll be editing for the Johnny DC line: Tiny Titans and Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam; and also a third title, Super Friends. Ads for Action Comics #857, Action Comics #856, Green Lantern Corps #16, and Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #34. Appears on page 34 in this issue.
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Out of Control

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): AirHeads; Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; AirHead
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is an 8 page advertising insert (stapled separately but bound into the issue). It has an indicia title of '"Out of Control" Starring SUPERMAN', and is sponsored by AirHeads (candy, Perfetti); the first page is like a cover, the middle pages are a story, and the last page is an ad.
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House Advertisements

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: House ads for: Wildstorm Armageddon, Tales of the Sinestro Corps one shots, Simon Dark, Countdown to Final Crisis teaser (2 pages), zudacomics.com, and The Death of the New Gods. Appear in various places in this issue.
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Total of 3 one-page, and 1 two-page ads for: Chi bi-Ro bo! Park Patrol (video game, Nintendo), Get Your Pow (Saturday TV, KidsWB, 2 pages), Yogos Bits (fruit snack, Kellogg's), and Pokemon Battle Revolution (video game, Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.

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