Action Comics #840 [Direct Sales]
(August 2006)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2006-06-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 84011
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

Includes 8 one-page and 1 one and a half-page ads for: WannaBWonka? (candy, Nestle), Superman: Brainiac Attacks (DVD, Warner Bros), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigley), Lego Batman Set #7781 with Secret Files and Origins of Two-Face (toy, Lego), New Super Mario Bros (video game, Nintendo), Justice League (frozen novelties), Lego Batman Secret Files Sweepstakes (Sweepstakes, Lego, 1.5 pages), Big League Chew (gum), and Cars The Videogame (game, Buena Vista Games). Appear in various places in the issue.
Also includes 2.5 pages of House ads for: Superman, Batman, and Teen Titans Go (1/2 page). Appear in various places in the issue.
This issue has variants:

Up, Up, and Away! Finale (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
Reprints

Up, Up, and Away! Finale The Adventures of Superman (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns; Kurt Busiek
Pencils
Pete Woods
Inks
Pete Woods
Colors
Brad Anderson
Letters
Rob Leigh

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Dr. Virus [Dr. Verisofsky] (intro); Kryptococcus the Omni-Germ (intro); Meg Tempest (cameo); Mahjoub
Synopsis
Superman and Luthor fall into the bay and swim to an island where Superman discovers his powers are gone. Luthor tries fighting but Superman knocks him unconscious, then blacks out. When he awakens, the Coast Guard has taken Luthor. His powers returning, Superman flies home to Lois. Dru-Zod's ship is recovered. Jimmy gives Superman the sunstone crystal he found, and Superman gives Jimmy a new signal watch. Superman learns Luthor has escaped from prison. Superman flies to the polar ice cap and activates the sunstone crystal. He throws it on the ice and it grows a new Fortress of Solitude.
Reprints
Keywords
crystal Fortress of Solitude; signal watch; sunstone crystal

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Superman (DC, 2006 series) #653. One of the panels (page 4 panel 3) was semi-swiped from the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #164, at Kurt's request (per a reply by Kurt on a topic on Newsarama on 2006-06-22). Weisinger Square is an homage to former Superman editor Mort Weisinger.

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

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Up, Up, and Away! Finale
    Superman
  2. 1. Up, Up, and Away! Finale The Adventures of Superman
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    DC Nation
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore