Action Comics #6 [Rags Morales Cover]
(April 2012)

DC, 2011 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2012-02-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T Teen
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941306377 00621
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Retailers were able to purchase as many copies of this variant edition as their lowest-ordered DCU title released during the same week.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 2011 series) #6 [Direct Sales]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rags Morales (signed)
Inks
Rags Morales (signed)
Colors
Brad Anderson (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Man; Cosmic Man; Saturn Woman]; Erik Drekken
Reprints

When Superman Learned to Fly (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Andy Kubert
Inks
John Dell
Colors
Brad Anderson
Letters
Pat Brosseau

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; The Kryptonite-Men [K-Man Green; Doctor]; Sisterhood of Abiding Hate; Nimrod the Hunter; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Woman [also as Saturn Girl]; Lightning Man [also as Lightning Lad]; Cosmic Man [also as Cosmic Boy]]; Erik Drekken; Jonathan Kent (flashback)
Synopsis
Superman from five years in the future and the adult Legion of Super-Heroes arrive in the early days of Superman's career to recover the kryptonite stolen from the spaceship that brought Superman to Earth. When they discover that the kryptonite is hidden in a tesseract implanted in Superman's brain and is to be auctioned off, the Legionnaires use their time bubble to go back into the immediate past, disguise themselves, and recover the kryptonite to return it to the spaceship.
Reprints

Last Day (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
ChrisCross
Inks
ChrisCross
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Carlos M. Mangual

Genre
superhero
Characters
Clark Kent; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Pete Ross; Lana Lang; Mr. Fry
Synopsis
Clark remembers his time in Smallville as he prepares to head off to college.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. When Superman Learned to Fly
    Superman
  3. 2. Last Day
    Superman
This issue was modified by
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Jim Van Dore