Action Comics #888 [Direct Sales]
(Early June 2010)

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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2010-04-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 88811
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is Red Shield Continuity #37, and went on sale on time.

"Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 04/07/10."
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Nightwing and Flamebird / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Yıldıray Çınar (signed)
Inks
Júlio Ferreira (signed)
Colors
Rod Reis (signed)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Captain Atom (headshot)
Reprints

Truth to Power Part 2 (Table of Contents: 1)

Nightwing and Flamebird / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Rucka; Eric Trautmann
Pencils
Pere Pérez
Inks
Pere Pérez
Colors
Javier Mena
Letters
Travis Lanham

Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Jax-Ur; Rao; Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Doctor Fate [Kent V. Nelson]]; The Nightwing; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Lois Lane; Vohc; Martha Kent (cameo); Krypto (cameo); General Sam Lane (cameo)
Synopsis
The JSA and Wonder Woman arrive to help fight Jax-Ur/Vohc and his Rao construct, but don't have much success, as nuclear weapons are about to be used on Rao. Nightwing, in the Phantom Zone, merges with the Nightwing, and arrives in time to stop the nukes.
Reprints
Keywords
Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

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

Chapter Ten (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Atom / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
James Robinson
Pencils
Cafu
Inks
Cafu
Colors
Santiago Arcas
Letters
Travis Lanham

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Mirabai; Danel (death); Aggaro [Mordru]; Zachary Zatara (cameo)
Synopsis
The attack on Mirabai's castle continues. Atom and his friends confront Mirabai, but are stopped. Atom is incapacitated and reverted to human form, but with the encouragement of Aggaro, he re-forms and defeats Mirabai.
Reprints
Keywords
Sorcerer's World

Indexer Notes

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

Special Sneak Preview (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Zatanna / preview (from the publisher) / 6 pages (report information)

DC History in Your Future! [April 14, 2010] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Nightwing and Flamebird
  2. 1. Truth to Power Part 2
    Nightwing and Flamebird
  3. 2. Chapter Ten
    Captain Atom
  4. 3. Special Sneak Preview
    Zatanna
  5. 4. DC History in Your Future! [April 14, 2010]
    DC Nation
  6. 5. [Ads]
This issue was modified by
  • Katie
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jochen G.
  • Bob Hughes
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore