Action Comics
#897
[Direct Sales]
(March 2011)
- Price
- 2.99 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 2011-01-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
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DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941200019 89711
- Editing
- Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (associate editor)
Issue Notes
This is the first issue since 1955 to NOT carry the Comics Code Authority stamp on the cover. This seal had appeared on every issue since #202.
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Lex Luthor / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Finch (signed)
- Inks
- Mark Roslan (signed)
- Colors
- Peter Steigerwald (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor
- Reprints
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in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([November] 2011) - in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2011 [November 2012])
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Indexer Notes
This cover is similar to other covers from this month; it has no title logo, and consists of the feature character against a white background.
![Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #897 [Direct Sales]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/794/w200/794117.jpg?6170414168462573169)
The Black Ring Part Eight
Lex Luthor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Mr. Spalding; Joker; Agent Orange [Larfleeze] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Spalding discovers information that the original articles on the black spheres were planted, but can't yet tell Luthor that as Luthor is about to interview Joker. At the interview they banter back and forth a while, but Joker reveals he has one of the spheres, and that it's a keyhole. Spalding activates it, enlarging it. Luthor leaves the room, and RoboLois pushes Spalding into the sphere, and it shrinks back to small size. When Luthor asks what happened, RoboLois blames Joker.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([November] 2011)
- in Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2011 [November 2012])
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Indexer Notes
Story continued from the previous issue and from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29, and continues in the next issue.
On Valentine's Day (2011-02-14), on DC's The Source blog, Paul Cornell was asked how Lex Luthor might be spending the day. His answer was a scene that would be set in between this story and the next issue, and it foreshadowed some of the events of next issue. He said that RoboLois asked Lex to see "Wicked" on Broadway, and cried during it. Lois told him she enjoyed dramas about betrayal, and that she learned from them. See here for the full answer: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/02/14/how-does-the-worlds-smartest-man-s…
Hey DC Nation!
letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tom Derenick (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Derenick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batgirl [Stephanie Brown]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Power Girl [Karen Starr]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Superboy [Conner Kent; Kon-El]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]
Indexer Notes
Announcement of the return of letters pages. Appears on pages 32 and 33 in this issue.
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Lex Luthor -
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The Black Ring Part Eight
Lex Luthor -
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[House Advertisement]
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DC Universe Online Legends Sneak Preview
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Hey DC Nation!
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5.
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