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)

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

Script
Dan DiDio

Synopsis
Dan gives his prepublication comments on Infinite Crisis #7.

Indexer Notes

Ads for Superman #652, Action Comics #838, Batman #652, and Ion #1. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3)

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


Indexer Notes

House ads for: 1 Year Later Superman, 1 Year Later Batman, Cartoon Network Block Party, Crisis Aftermath books (Blue Beetle, Checkmate, Ion, Shadowpact, The Spectre, and Secret Six), Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven, 1 Year Later books, and 1 Year Later Wonder Woman. Appear in various places in the issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Total of 5 one-page ads for: Justice League Unlimited (action figures, Mattel), The Lego Batman Set (toy, Lego), OK To Play? (video game ratings, Entertainment Software Rating Board), Big League Chew (gum), and Justice League (frozen novelties). Appear in various places in the issue.

Editing
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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