Action Comics #839 [Direct Sales]
(July 2006)

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Price
2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2006-05-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 83911
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue went on sale 2006-06-01 in the US.
This issue has variants:

Up, Up, and Away! Part 6 (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
Lex Luthor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A "1 Year Later" tie-in.

Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Six This Looks Like a Job... (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Superman (Earth 2, flashback, cameo); Superboy Prime (flashback, cameo); Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt] (flashback cameo); Dr. Light [Kimiyo Hoshi] (flashback cameo); Lois Lane; Livewire; Silver Banshee; Bloodsport; Riot; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang (flashback, cameo); Pete Ross (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Perry White; Josef Schuman (cameo); Connie (Daily Planet reporter, cameo); Lex Luthor; Toyman
Synopsis
Luthor brings a spaceship that was buried in the Earth's core to the surface.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Superman (2006 series) #652 and continues in Superman (2006 series) #653. There is mention of a reporter named Bratton, a reference to Percy Bratton pre-Crisis. This issue features the post-Crisis debut of Superman's super-intelligence.
The Kryptonian text on page 19 is translated as follows: panel 1: "DREADNOUGHT-CLASS CRAFT DESIGNATED 'DOOMSDAY.' UNDER COMMAND OF ADMIRALTY OFFICER DRU-ZOD. AWAITING AUTHORIZATION VOICEPRINT." Panel 3: "OVERRIDE ACCEPTED. WELCOME, COMMANDER."

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

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

Script
Dan DiDio

Indexer Notes

Dan discusses DC's dodgeball and softball teams. Ads for Superman #653, 52 #4, Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre #1, and Superman/Batman #26. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisement] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

House ad for: Teen Titans Go. Appears on page 17 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 11.5 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Total of 11 one-page and 1 half-page ads for: Do The Volcano Dance (Lilo and Stitch Book Series, Disney Press), Bubble Tape Giveaway (sweepstakes, Wrigley), How Will Yellowball Move You? (Verb), Rampage: Total Destruction (video game, Midway), You Can Help CinnaMon Find His Way to the Apple Jacks (cereal, Kellogg's), Avatar Book 1 Volume 3 (DVD, Paramount, 1/2 page), Yu-Gi-Oh Online (USB Duelpass key, Konami), Batwing Lego Batman Set #7782 with Secret Files and Origins of Batman (toy, Lego), Justice League (frozen novelties), New Super Mario Bros (video game, Nintendo), Big League Chew (gum), and Push-Up (frozen slushy, Nestle). Appear in various places in the issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Up, Up, and Away! Part 6
    Superman
  2. 1. Up, Up, and Away! Chapter Six This Looks Like a Job...
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisement]
  5. 4. [Ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Per Sandell
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore