Action Comics #842 [Direct Sales]
(October 2006)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2006-08-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 84211
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Aliens Are Stealing Our Stuff (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; the Auctioneer; Killer Frost; Parasite; Catman; Livewire
Reprints
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 Part 2 Action & Reaction (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
Nick Napolitano
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; The Auctioneer; Teen Titans [Kid Devil; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cyborg; Ravager; Flash [Bart Allen]]; Wonder Woman; Batman (cameo); Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Catwoman (cameo); Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes] (cameo); Knockout (cameo); Catman (cameo); Hourman [Rick Tyler] (cameo); Stargirl (cameo); Nightwing; Firestorm [Jason Rusch]; Blue Jay; Skyrocket; Veteran; Livewire; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Packaging Unit Tau-Tau 7; Meg Tempest (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); General Hastings; Sabrina McCaffey
Synopsis
The Auctioneer's robots begin to kidnap metahumans.
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Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

DC Nation: #24 [August 30, 2006] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 16 pages (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Aliens Are Stealing Our Stuff
    Superman
  2. 1. Back in Action Part 2 Action & Reaction
    Superman
  3. 2. DC Nation: #24 [August 30, 2006]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [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
  • Jim Van Dore
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