Action Comics #877 [Direct Sales]
(July 2009)

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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2009-05-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200019 87711
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is Green Shield Continuity #25, and went on sale on time. It also features "World Without [S-shield]" promotion on the cover.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Andrew Robinson
Inks
Andrew Robinson
Colors
Andrew Robinson ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]
Reprints

The Sleepers Part 3 (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Greg Rucka
Pencils
Sidney Teles
Inks
Sandro Ribeiro
Colors
Rod Reis
Letters
Rob Leigh

Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightwing [Chris Kent]; Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var]; Ursa; Tor-An (death); Lois Lane; Kimiyo Hoshi [Doctor Light]; General Sam Lane; Lieutenant Hollister; Mirabai (intro, unnamed); Hart (cameo); Sergeant Reyes; Nadira Va-Dim (not named); Az-Rel (not named); Jimmy Olsen (screen image); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (screen image); Icon (screen image); Mon-El (screen image)
Synopsis
Ursa unburies herself from the collapsed fortress, shields her eyes, and finds the imprisoned Tor-An. Nightwing brings battered Flamebird to his adopted mother Lois Lane in Metropolis. Lois summons Doctor Hoshi to treat Flamebird, and she uses her Doctor Light powers to help heal her. General Lane detects the outburst, finding out it's at his daughter's residence, and via cameras finds Flamebird on the rooftop. They identify her as Thara. Nightwing catches Lois up to date, and then goes back to the fortress to confront Ursa. He finds a murdered Tor-An. Ursa finds them, admits to killing Tor-An, and they talk. She leaves, as does Nightwing, but he is attacked by missiles from General Lane. Meanwhile, a bank is robbed by a Kryptonian couple.
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue. There is much Kryptonese dialog in this issue, but it is all translated into English.

Okay, It's Peanut Butter Jelly time! [May 13, 2009] (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) / 8 pages (report information)

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

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Nightwing and Flamebird
  2. 1. The Sleepers Part 3
    Nightwing and Flamebird
  3. 2. Okay, It's Peanut Butter Jelly time! [May 13, 2009]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Bob Hughes
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore