Action Comics #647 [Direct]
(November 1989)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-10-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Jonathan Peterson (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Brainiac Trilogy, Part One (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Brainiac [Milton Fine; Vril Dox]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Brain Drain; [The Brainiac Trilogy, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Kerry Gammill; George Pérez (layouts)
Inks
Brett Breeding
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Bill Oakley
Job Number
G-5215
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Tipton; Adler; Brainiac [Milton Fine; Vril Dox] (villain); Sydney Happersen (villain); Gretchen Kelley (villain); Lex Luthor (villain); Metallo [John Corben] (villain); Jacoby (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Superman rescues Lex from Brainiac's first attack.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Re: Action / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-5215

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Howard T. Kidd, Garry Stephenson, Uncle Elvis, Mark Bilian, Lon Wolf, Chris Manydeeds, Erik C. Miller, Kip Talbott, Gerry Wilson, Rol Hirst, Lon Wolf and Bryan W. Fraizre - and responses from Mike Carlin.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Brainiac Trilogy, Part One
    Superman
  2. 1. Brain Drain; [The Brainiac Trilogy, Part 1]
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
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