Action Comics #843

(November 2006)

Back In Action Part 3 All-Out Action (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kurt Busiek (script, plot); Fabian Nicieza (plot)

Pencils:

Pete Woods

Inks:

Pete Woods

Colors:

Brad Anderson

Letters:

Rob Leigh

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Nightwing; Firestorm [Jason Rusch]; Blue Jay; Skyrocket; Veteran; Livewire; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; the Auctioneer; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Amalak (intro; cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Halo (cameo); Striker Z (cameo); Plastic Man (cameo); Robin [Tim Drake] (cameo); Vixen (cameo); Phantom Lady [Stormy Knight] (cameo); Crimson Avenger II (cameo); Ops; Lois Lane (cameo)

Synopsis:

A powerless Superman jumps into the power core area of the trading ship, counting on his teammates to disrupt it in time for him to get by the core and destroy the power damping equipment, with the world watching. They have a seven second window to do that, but fail to completely shut it down. But Superman has survived; it turns out the damping field was only psychological, not physical, which allowed him to survive through the core before shutting down the damping field. The heroes are attacked, but fight back. They find an area of the ship being guarded, and break in, and hold a being named Ops, disrupting all transactions. They start to shut down the operations center, but the Auctioneer returns to the ship. Livewire frees all the other metahumans, who start wreaking havoc. Superman uses this to "negotiate" with the Auctioneer, threatening to disperse his database galaxy-wide, unless the Auctioneer returns everything and leaves Earth alone. The Auctioneer agrees to do this for a time, but promises that they will do business again. The world cheers as Superman reappears over Metropolis, and even the Joint Chiefs and the President now believe that he is the real deal. Meanwhile, the ship the traders were tracking arrives at Earth.

Reprinted:

• in Superman: Back In Action (DC, 2007 series) #nn [minus the credits and with the next issue blurb replaced with a "THE END...?"].

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue.

DC Nation: #28 [September 27, 2006] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dan Didio

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Dan continues his tour of editorial offices. Ads for Action Comics #844, Batman #657, Batman and the Mad Monk #2, and 52 #21. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2.5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ads for: Superman/Batman (1/2 page), Infinite Crisis hardcover, and Tales of the Unexpected. Appear in various places in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 9.5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 7 one-page, 1 two-page, and 1 half-page ads for: Let play out, Let adventure in (Verb), Lego Batman Set #7783 and 7785 with Secret Files and Origins of Robin and Nightwing (toy, Lego), Superman Fruit Flavored Snacks (Kellogg's), got milk? with David Beckham (milk), Saturday Mornings (TV, Kids' WB, 2 pages), Avatar the Last Airbender (DVD, Nickelodeon, 1/2 page), Six Flags Fright Fest (amusement park), SweetTarts Squeeze (candy, Nestle), and M&M Minis Game Lab #523 Psychic Hide-N-Seek (candy, M&M Mars). Appear in various places in this issue.