Action Comics #843 [Direct Sales]

(November 2006)

Back in Action Part 3 All-Out 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; 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

Superman and the other kidnapped metahumans defeat the Auctioneer and his robots.

Reprints

• in Superman: Back in Action (DC, 2007 series) ([March] 2007) [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: 2)

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

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: 3)

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: 4)

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.