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Issue: Action Comics #886
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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: 02/10/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120001988611
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This issue is Red Shield Continuity #27, and went on sale on time. "Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 02/03/10." It also features "World Against [S-shield]" promotion on the cover.
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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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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Rao; Captain Atom (headshot)
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Miscellaneous
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Divine Spark Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Rao (flashback); The Flamebird (flashback); Vohc (flashback); The Nightwing (flashback); Jax-Ur; Gazzi (cameo, death); Wazir (cameo, death); Kellie (cameo, death); Jerome (cameo, death)
Chris uses a Sunstone crystal called The Book of Rao to experience the history of Rao, Vohc, The Flamebird, and The Nightwing. That night, Jax-Ur talks with Flamebird, inviting them to his lab, but it's a trap.
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Story continued from last and continues in the next issue. There is Kryptonese dialog in this issue, but it is all translated into English.
Chapter Eight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Atom
Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Shadowpact [Detective Chimp; Ragman; Enchantress; Blue Devil]; Justice League of America [Mon-El; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Cyborg]; Demon (cameo); Nightshade (cameo); Nightmaster (cameo); Amethyst (cameo); Quisp [Qwsp] (cameo); The Great Ten [The Socialist Red Guardsman; August General in Iron; Ghost Fox Killer] (cameo)
The Shadowpact identify Mirabai's world as Sorcerer's World, and help Captain Atom get there via a path through China, the Himalayas, and Skartaris.
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Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
First Wave Special Sneak Preview

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, superhero
First Wave
Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Monk; Ham; Renny; Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan
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FlagFirst Wave #1 [J. G. Jones Cover] published May 2010
was First Wave [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover (color) and 4 pages (black and white)
FlagFirst Wave #1 [J. G. Jones Cover] published May 2010
was First Wave Book One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Previews the upcoming series on sale in March.
February 10, 2010

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Ian thanks Mike Marts for sharing all of the covers of Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (in black and white). Appears on page 42 in this issue.
House Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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House ads for: Blackest Night (checklist part 3), and Absolute Green Lantern: Rebirth. Appear in various places in this issue.
Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
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Total of 5 one-page ads for: Lunch Lady (books, Alfred A. Knopf), Emerald City Comicon (comic convention), Wondercon (comic convention, San Diego Comic Con International), Vincent Shadow Toy Inventor (book, Little, Brown and Company), and Glory of Heracles (video game, Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.

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