Action Comics #856

(November 2007)

Escape from Bizarro World Chapter 2 (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Geoff Johns; Richard Donner

Pencils:

Eric Powell

Inks:

Eric Powell

Colors:

Dave Stewart

Letters:

Rob Leigh

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Jonathan Kent; Bizarro; Jor-El (hologram, cameo); Bizarro Lois Lane (origin); Bizarro Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro Lex Luthor; Bizarro Perry White (cameo); Bizarro Toyman (unnamed, cameo); Bizarro Mxyzptlk (unnamed, cameo); Bizarro Doomsday (intro); Bizarro Justice League [Bizarro Flash; Bizarro Batman; Bizarro Hawkgirl; Bizarro Green Lantern; Bizarro Wonder Woman] (intro, cameo); Bizarro Fortress of Solitude (intro); Bizarro World (origin)

Synopsis:

Bizarro flashes back to his original time on Earth. He pushed a little girl from a building, but Superman rescued her. Superman confronted him, and told him that they are not the same. Bizarro fled into space, and decided to build his own planet. After building a cubic world under a blue son, he found it unpopulated. But the blue son gave him vision power to create new duplicates, starting with a Lois Lane bizarro, but she was afraid of him. Back in the present, the bizarros on the Bizarro World want to find Superman, and turn to their Luthor. Meanwhile in the bizarro fortress, Bizarro Superman is trying to get advice from the kidnapped Jonathan Kent, similar to how Superman gets advice from the Jor-El hologram. Superman awakens, but is held in check by several other bizarros. Just then, bizarro Luthor arrives with their secret weapon: bizarro Doomsday. It attacks the bizarros, while Superman rescues his father and they escape outside. They are followed, and as Superman is about to fight this Doomsday, a bizarro Justice League arrives.

Reprints:

• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([May] 2008)
• in Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([May] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. The first two pages are an homage to the original "Frankenstein" movie.

DC Nation 80 [September 26, 2007] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jann Jones

Indexer Notes

Jann describes two new titles she'll be editing for the Johnny DC line: Tiny Titans and Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam; and also a third title, Super Friends. Ads for Action Comics #857, Action Comics #856, Green Lantern Corps #16, and Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #34. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

Out of Control (Table of Contents)

Superman; AirHeads / advertisement / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Richard C. Troy

Pencils:

Adam DeKraker

Inks:

Adam DeKraker

Colors:

Guy Major

Letters:

Jared K. Fletcher

Editing:

Michael Wright; Jessica Numsuwankijkul (assistant)

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; AirHead

Indexer Notes

This is an 8 page advertising insert (stapled separately but bound into the issue). It has an indicia title of '"Out of Control" Starring SUPERMAN', and is sponsored by AirHeads (candy, Perfetti); the first page is like a cover, the middle pages are a story, and the last page is an ad.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 7 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ads for: Wildstorm Armageddon, Tales of the Sinestro Corps one shots, Simon Dark, Countdown to Final Crisis teaser (2 pages), zudacomics.com, and The Death of the New Gods. Appear in various places in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 3 one-page, and 1 two-page ads for: Chi bi-Ro bo! Park Patrol (video game, Nintendo), Get Your Pow (Saturday TV, KidsWB, 2 pages), Yogos Bits (fruit snack, Kellogg's), and Pokemon Battle Revolution (video game, Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.