Action Comics #838 [Direct Sales]
(June 2006)

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Price
2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2006-05-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 83811
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

Up, Up, and Away! Part 4 (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Terry Dodson (signed)
Inks
Rachel Dodson (signed)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints
Keywords
locomotives; railroads

Indexer Notes

A "1 Year Later" tie-in.

Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Four Powers and Abilities (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns; Kurt Busiek
Pencils
Renato Guedes
Inks
Renato Guedes
Colors
Brad Anderson
Letters
Rob Leigh

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; The Ray [flashback cameo]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt, flashback cameo]; Doctor Light [Kimiyo Hoshi, flashback cameo]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Councilman Jeffries; Perry White; Kryptonite Man; Lex Luthor; Toyman; Neutron; Radion
Synopsis
During an attack by Neutron and Radion (for his Intergang exposes), Clark discovers that his powers have partially returned. Luthor's K-cannon contacts something at the center of the Earth and it begins to climb to the surface.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Superman (2006 series) #651 and continues in Superman (2006 series) #652. The cover mistakenly credits Pete Woods as the artist in this issue. Lois references a restaurant called "Bessolo", an homage to George Reeve's real last name.

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

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

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 7 pages (report information)

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Up, Up, and Away! Part 4
    Superman
  2. 1. Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Four Powers and Abilities
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore