Action Comics Annual #1 [Direct Sales]
(December 2012)

DC, 2012 Series
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Price
4.99 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
2012-10-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T Teen
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [peel]
Barcode
761941311258 00111
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Chris Conroy (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Credits acknowledge special thanks to Grant Morrison.
This issue has variants:

Meet the Kryptonite Man, Superman's Most Deadly Foe! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Cully Hamner (signed)
Inks
Cully Hamner (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Kryptonite Man [Clay Ramsay]
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Vulnerable (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
Cully Hamner
Inks
Cully Hamner
Colors
Val Staples
Letters
Steve Wands
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; General Sam Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Mrs. Ramsay (flashback); Steel [John Henry Irons];
Dr. Abernathy (villain); Lex Luthor (villain); Kryptonite Man [Clay Ramsay] (origin, villain)
Synopsis
Superman gets help from Steel when he battles the Kryptonite Man for the first time. The Kryptonite Man was created by Lex Luthor, of course.
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Keywords
kryptonite; Metropolis; Steelworks

Anchiale (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Max Landis
Pencils
Ryan Sook
Inks
Ryan Sook
Colors
Ryan Sook
Genre
superhero
Characters
Atomic Skull (origin, villain)
Synopsis
A man escapes a radioactive submarine and is stranded on an island, but discovers he has radioactive powers. Then the skin comes off of his head.
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The New 52 Wave 3 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Comics - The New 52 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

October 31, 2012 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Comics All Access / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Meet the Kryptonite Man, Superman's Most Deadly Foe!
    Superman
  2. 1. Vulnerable
    Superman
  3. 2. Anchiale
    Superman
  4. 3. The New 52 Wave 3
    DC Comics - The New 52
  5. 4. October 31, 2012
    DC Comics All Access
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Glenn Simpson
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