Action Comics
#886
[Direct Sales]
(April 2010)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 2010-02-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941200019 88611
- Editing
- Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant)
Issue Notes
This issue is Red Shield Continuity #27, and went on sale on time. "Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 02/03/10." It also features "World Against [S-shield]" promotion on the cover.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Nightwing and Flamebird / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Rao; Captain Atom (headshot)
- Reprints
-
in Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird (DC, 2010 series) #2 ([December] 2010), #2 ([December] 2010) - in Superman: Nightwing & Flamebird (DC, 2011 series) #2 (2010 [December 2011]), #2 (2010 [December 2011])
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- Keywords
- heat vision
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Divine Spark Part 4
Nightwing and Flamebird; Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Greg Rucka; Eric Trautmann
- Pencils
- Pere Pérez (pages 1-4, 15-22); Fernando Dagnino (pages 5-14)
- Inks
- Pere Pérez (pages 1-4, 15-22); Raúl Fernández (pages 5-14)
- Colors
- Javier Mena
- Letters
- Rob Leigh
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Rao (flashback); The Flamebird (flashback); Vohc (flashback); The Nightwing (flashback); Jax-Ur; Gazzi (cameo, death); Wazir (cameo, death); Kellie (cameo, death); Jerome (cameo, death)
- Synopsis
- Chris uses a Sunstone crystal called The Book of Rao to experience the history of Rao, Vohc, The Flamebird, and The Nightwing. That night, Jax-Ur talks with Flamebird, inviting them to his lab, but it's a trap.
- Reprints
- in Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird (DC, 2010 series) #2 ([December] 2010)
- in Superman: Nightwing & Flamebird (DC, 2011 series) #2 (2010 [December 2011])
-
- Keywords
- The Book of Rao
Indexer Notes
Story continued from last and continues in the next issue. There is Kryptonese dialog in this issue, but it is all translated into English.
Chapter Eight
Captain Atom / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Shadowpact [Detective Chimp; Ragman; Enchantress; Blue Devil]; Justice League of America [Mon-El; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Cyborg]; Demon (cameo); Nightshade (cameo); Nightmaster (cameo); Amethyst (cameo); Quisp [Qwsp] (cameo); The Great Ten [The Socialist Red Guardsman; August General in Iron; Ghost Fox Killer] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The Shadowpact identify Mirabai's world as Sorcerer's World, and help Captain Atom get there via a path through China, the Himalayas, and Skartaris.
- Reprints
- in DC Comics Presents: Captain Atom (DC, 2012 series) #1 (February 2012)
-
- Keywords
- Skartaris; Sorcerer's World
Indexer Notes
Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Nightwing and Flamebird -
1.
Divine Spark Part 4
Nightwing and Flamebird; Superman -
2.
Chapter Eight
Captain Atom -
3.
First Wave Special Sneak Preview
First Wave -
4.
[February 10, 2010]
DC Nation -
5.
[House Advertisements]
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6.
[Ads]
This issue was modified by
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Thomas Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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