Action Comics #846 [Direct Sales]
(February 2007)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2007-02-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 84611
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue went on sale two months late from the solicited shipping date.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Adam Kubert (signed)
Inks
Adam Kubert (signed)
Colors
Adam Kubert (signed)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; General Zod; Ursa; Non
Reprints
Keywords
Phantom Zone
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Last Son Part Three (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns; Richard Donner
Pencils
Adam Kubert
Inks
Adam Kubert
Colors
Dave Stewart
Letters
Rob Leigh
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Jor-El [simulation]; General Zod; Ursa; Non; Chris Kent [Lor-Zod]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jax-Ur (cameo); Quex-Ul (flashback, cameo); Tor-An (flashback, cameo); Nadira Va-Dim (flashback, cameo); Az-Rel (flashback, cameo); Mon-El (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Lombard (cameo); Ron Troupe (cameo)
Synopsis
Zod and the Phantom Zone criminals attack Superman and attempt to recover Chris.
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude; Phantom Zone; signal watch

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in #851. The first two pages parallel the first two pages of Action Comics #844, but with Zod in place of Superman. The Kryptonese text on the ships on pages 16 and 17 is translated as: "OPEN".

DC Nation #50 [February 28, 2007] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Dan DiDio
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Dan introduces the new weekly series called Countdown. Ads for Action Comics Annual #10, Blue Beetle #12, Green Lantern #17, and Firestorm #33. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisement] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Indexer Notes

House ad for: Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #50. Appears on page 26 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 10 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 6 one-page and 2 two-page ads for: Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (video game, Konami), Children of Mana/Magical Starsign (video game, Nintendo, 2 pages), Magic the Gathering (card game, Wizards of the Coast), Death Jr. (video game, Konami), Final Fantasy V Advance (video game, Square Enix, 2 pages), Killzone Liberation (video game, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), Destroy All Humans 2 (video game, THQ), and abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America). Appear in various places in this issue.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Last Son Part Three
    Superman
  3. 2. DC Nation #50 [February 28, 2007]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisement]
  5. 4. [Ads]
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  • Martin Olsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
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