Action Comics #23.4 [Standard Cover]
(November 2013)

DC, 2011 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
2013-09-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T Teen
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [peel]
Barcode
761941318097 23421
Editing
Chris Conroy (editor); Matt Idelson (group editor)

Issue Notes

Same cover art as 3-D Motion Cover edition.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 2011 series) #23.4 [3-D Motion Cover]. There exist further variants:
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Full Metal Jacket (Table of Contents: 1)

Metallo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
Steve Pugh
Inks
Steve Pugh
Colors
Barbara Ciardo; David Curiel
Letters
Taylor Esposito
Genre
superhero
Characters
Metallo [John Corben; also as Metal-Zero] (villain); Dr. Lazar; General Sam Lane; Metal-2.0 [Sgt. Brizuela] (death); Mr. Myers; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Secret Society (villains)
Synopsis
John Corben is revived by installing Kryptonite as his heart. But when he is sent back into the field for the military, he is too bloodthirsty, and they try to kill him. Corben, as Metal-Zero, survives and battles his successor. Metal-Zero is defeated, but he is gathered by the Scarecrow for the Secret Society. For this next phase of his life, Corben decides to be called Metallo.
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Keywords
Atlantic Ocean; Kryptonite; Qurac

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Channel 52 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

September 25, 2013 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. Full Metal Jacket
    Metallo
  2. 2. ["Ahem. Day number five."]
    Channel 52
  3. 3. September 25, 2013
    DC Comics All Access
This issue was modified by
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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