Action Comics
#896
[Newsstand]
(February 2011)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 074470304104 96
- Editing
- Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
"Printed by Quad/Graphics, Montreal, QC, Canada. 12/15/10."
This is the last issue to carry the Comics Code Authority stamp on the cover. This seal had appeared on every issue since #202 in 1955.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #896 [Direct Sales].
This is the last issue to carry the Comics Code Authority stamp on the cover. This seal had appeared on every issue since #202 in 1955.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #896 [Direct Sales].
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Lex Luthor; Secret Six / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Finch (signed)
- Inks
- Matt Banning (signed as Batt)
- Colors
- Peter Steigerwald (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]]; Jimmy Olsen (headshot)
- Reprints
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in Secret Six: The Reptile Brain (DC, 2011 series) ([July] 2011), ([July] 2011) - in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([November] 2011)
- in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2011 [November 2012])
- in Secret Six (DC, 2015 series) #4 - Caution to the Wind ([June] 2016)
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![Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (1938 series) #896 [Direct Sales]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/788/w100/788515.jpg?1014149805099191786)
The Black Ring Part Seven
Lex Luthor; Secret Six / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Scandal Savage; Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]; Black Alice [Lori Zechlin]]; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Monique; Mister Mind; Joker (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Vandal Savage has confronted Luthor in his boardroom after sabotaging the building, but Luthor has worked out a deal with the Secret Six, summoning them to rescue him. Monique, one of Luthor's employees, reactivates RoboLois, reveals that she is being controlled by Mr. Mind, and asks her what happened when they met earlier. But RoboLois has her own agenda, separate from the person controlling Mr. Mind and from Luthor. She and the Six fight with Savage over a detonator, which results in RoboLois being cleaved in half, Savage's daughter Scandal injured, and the detonator triggered.
- Reprints
- in Secret Six: The Reptile Brain (DC, 2011 series) ([July] 2011)
- in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([November] 2011)
- in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2011 [November 2012])
- in Secret Six (DC, 2015 series) #4 - Caution to the Wind ([June] 2016)
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Indexer Notes
Story continued from the previous issue and immediately continues in Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29 and after that in the next issue.
Jimmy Olsen's Big Week Day Four
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Sebastien Mallory; Chloe Sullivan; Maggie Mxyzptlk (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Lois has volunteered Jimmy to be part of a charity date auction. Also participating is Chloe. Mallory wins a date with her, while nobody wants to bid for Jimmy. That is, until Maggie shows up with a $1,000,000 bid. They enjoy some time together, until Maggie suddenly shows magical powers, and reveals her last name is Mxyzptlk. Jimmy freaks out and tries to hide, but suddenly finds himself marrying her.
- Reprints
- in Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2011 series) #1 (May 2011)
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Indexer Notes
Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in Jimmy Olsen (DC, 2011 series) #1.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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Lex Luthor; Secret Six -
1.
The Black Ring Part Seven
Lex Luthor; Secret Six -
2.
Jimmy Olsen's Big Week Day Four
Jimmy Olsen -
3.
Happy New Year!!! [December 29, 2010]
DC Nation -
4.
[House Advertisements]
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5.
[Ads]
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