Action Comics #852 [Direct Sales]
(September 2007)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2007-07-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 85211
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue went on sale one week EARLY from the solicited shipping date of this issue. This issue is labeled as a Countdown Tie-in.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brad Walker (signed)
Inks
John Livesay (signed as Liv)
Colors
Pete Pantazis (signed as pete)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Jimmy Olsen
Reprints
Keywords
cameras; heat vision; photography
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3-2-1 Action! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek
Pencils
Brad Walker
Inks
John Livesay
Colors
Tanya Horie; Richard Horie
Letters
Jared K. Fletcher
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Killer Croc (flashback, cameo); Perry White (cameo); Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy]; Dalton Sanders; Jenet Klyburn (cameo); Rance Howard (cameo); David Igawa (cameo); Clan MacHinery AKA The Rude Mechanicals (flashback)
Synopsis
Jimmy remembers the origins of his signal watch.
Reprints
Keywords
Signal Watch

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Countdown (DC, 2007 series) #41 and in the next issue.

DC Nation 70 [July 18, 2007] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. 3-2-1 Action!
    Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
  3. 2. DC Nation 70 [July 18, 2007]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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