Action Comics #796 [Direct Sales]
(December 2002)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2002-10-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200019 79611
Editing
Eddie Berganza (editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Ending Battle, Conclusion: The Death of Lois Lane! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane
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Indexer Notes

Cover is an homage to the cover of The Death of Superman (DC, 1993 series) #[nn].

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Ending Battle, Part 8 of 8: The Last Supervillain (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Kelly
Pencils
Duncan Rouleau
Inks
Marlo Alquiza
Colors
Moose Baumann
Letters
Comicraft
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Manchester Black (death); Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Synopsis
Superman finally finds Manchester Black, who tries to get Superman to cross the line he has always sworn never to cross. But when Superman refuses, Black abandons his plot and removes the knowledge of Superman’s double identity from Lex Luthor’s mind.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #131. Superman goes back to wearing his traditional red and yellow shield with this story.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ending Battle, Conclusion: The Death of Lois Lane!
    Superman
  2. 1. Ending Battle, Part 8 of 8: The Last Supervillain
    Superman
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