Action Comics #829 [Direct Sales]

(September 2005)

End of Identity Sacrifice Part 2 (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Gail Simone (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Nelson (credited)

Colors

Guy Major (credited)

Letters

Nick Napolitano (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lois Lane; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (cameo); Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Flash [Wally West]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Black Canary [Dinah Laurel Lance]; Kelly (cameo); Darkseid (mind duplicate); Glorious Godfrey (mind duplicate); Granny Goodness (mind duplicate); Wonder Woman (cameo); Congressman Mark Shephard (cameo)

Synopsis

In Superman's fortress, Green Lantern, Flash, Hawkman, and Black Canary confront Superman, who has blood on his hands. Superman tries to remember what happened, but now remembers differently the events of Superman #219. He remembers "Darkseid" kidnapping Lois, and forcing a boxing match between the two of them. After Superman wins on a technicality, "Darkseid" frees Lois from his control by killing her, which causes Superman to attack-to-kill "Darkseid". The JLA take Superman to the Watchtower, where they show him he really was attacking Batman, apparently under mind control.

Reprints

• in Superman: Sacrifice (DC, 2006 series) ([March] 2006)
• in Infinite Crisis (Urban Comics, 2014 series) #1 - Le Projet O.M.A.C. (septembre 2014)
• in Superman: Sacrifice (DC, 2016 series) ([June] 2016)
• in Colección Héroes y Villanos (ECC Ediciones, 2021 series) #26 - Crisis Infinita: Sacrificio (Enero de 2022)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #219 and continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #642.

DC in Demand 07.05 (Table of Contents: 2)

DC in Demand / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Ads for Adventures of Superman #642, All-Star Batman and Robin #1, Green Arrow #52, JLA #116, and Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1. Second printing has a DIFFERENT "DC in Demand 09.05" page, with ads for All Star Superman, Adventures of Superman #642, JSA #77, Superman/Shazam First Thunder #1, and Villains United #5. Appears on page 32 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 3)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 12 one-page ads for: Destroy All Humans (game, THQ), Steamboy (DVD, Sony), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigleys), WILDC.A.T.S (DVD, FUNimation), Sky High (movie, Walt Disney Pictures), Big League Chew (bubble gum), Bic (pens), Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones (game, Nintendo), Juicy Fruit (gum, Wrigley), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (DVD, Entertainment Rights), Batman Begins Out of the Shadows (action figures, Mattel), and Schwinn StingRay (bicycle). Appear in various places in this issue.