Action Comics #841 [Direct Sales]
(September 2006)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2006-07-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 84111
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

He's Back, But Is He a Fraud? (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek
Pencils
Dave Gibbons (signed)
Inks
Dave Gibbons (signed)
Colors
Moose Baumann (signed)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Firestorm; Nightwing; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cyborg; Ravager
Reprints
  • US in Superman: Back in Action (DC, 2007 series) ([March] 2007) [minus the issue number, date, CCA stamp, and the UPC], ([March] 2007) [minus the issue number, date, CCA stamp, and the UPC, with the art extended to fill where the UPC was]
Keywords
newspapers; robots

Indexer Notes

Kurt Busiek confirmed to Allen Ross at the Baltimore Comic-Con on 2006-09-10 that he wrote the cover copy for this cover.

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Back in Action (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (script, plot); Fabian Nicieza (plot)
Pencils
Pete Woods
Inks
Pete Woods
Colors
Brad Anderson
Letters
Rob Leigh
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Carapax; Firestorm [Jason Rusch]; Lorraine Reilly; Echnis-Tao; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Nightwing; Major Andrews; General Hastings; Kid Devil; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cyborg; Ravager; a pacifier robot; an aquisitioner robot; The Auctioneer (intro)
Synopsis
Extraterrestrial robots begin stealing cultural landmarks.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in next issue.

#19 July 26, 2006 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Quest for Concan's Castle (Table of Contents: 4)

Heroscape / insert or dust jacket / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ty Templeton
Pencils
Steve Scott
Inks
Nathan Massengill
Colors
Carrie Strachan
Letters
Nick Napolitano
Editing
Jaye Gardner

Indexer Notes

"Craig Ban Ness, Stephen Baker, Rab Daviau -- Game Designers". 3 pages of comics, 5 pages of ad (4 of which are a foldout) for Heroscape (war game set, Hasbro).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 11 pages (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. He's Back, But Is He a Fraud?
    Superman
  2. 1. Back in Action
    Superman
  3. 2. #19 July 26, 2006
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisement]
  5. 4. Quest for Concan's Castle
    Heroscape
  6. 5. [Ads]
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore
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