Action Comics #814 [Direct Sales]
(June 2004)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 3.85 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2004-04-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200019 81411
Editing
Eddie Berganza (credited) (editor); Tom Palmer Jr. (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Superman vs. the Hordes of Apokolips! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arthur Adams (signed)
Inks
Arthur Adams (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein (logo design); ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Kalibak; Kanto; Steppenwolf
Reprints
Keywords
Apokolips; parademons

Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Another Day at the Office (Table of Contents: 1)

Superma / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Chuck Austen
Pencils
Ivan Reis
Inks
Marcelo Campos (credited as Marc Campos)
Colors
Guy Major
Letters
Comicraft
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi honey. No. Don’t apologize.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Kalibak; Darkseid; Ricky (robber); Julio (Daily Planet staff); Grace (Daily Planet staff); Steppenwolf; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis
Perry avoids telling Clark he's been demoted. Darkseid shows up on Earth to tell Superman that Doomsday has escaped.
Reprints

Julius Schwartz 1915-2004 (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Inks
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Obituary for Julius Schwartz; illustration is from the cover of The Amazing World of DC Comics (DC, 1974 series) #3

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman vs. the Hordes of Apokolips!
    Superman
  2. 1. Another Day at the Office
    Superma
  3. 2. Julius Schwartz 1915-2004
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Jason Sacks
  • Mark Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Kyle Weber
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