Action Comics, #867 Newsstand
Published: September 2008
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Issue Contents:
Brainiac Part 2
Characters
- Superman
- Brainiac Probes
Credits
- Pencils: Gary Frank
- Inks: Gary Frank
- Colors: Jan Solheim
Brainiac Part 2 Hide and Seek
Storyline
Superman takes the Brainiac probe to the fortress and analyzes it with Supergirl. They review some of the Brainiacs Superman has met, but Supergirl tells him they all were probes and that he's never met the real Brainiac. Superman then goes to tell his parents that he is going to track down Brainiac. He uses a ship to travel to Brainiac's current location, Larroo. After he arrives a city there is surrounded by a bottle and taken into Brainiac's ship. The ship then fires into the sun of Larroo, causing it to explode, and destroying the planet. Superman is taken unconscious into Brainiac's ship.
Characters
- Superman
- Brainiac
- Brainiac Probe
- Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
- Brainiac [Milton Fine] (flashback, cameo)
- Jonathan Kent
- Martha Kent (cameo)
- Lois Lane
- Steve Lombard
- Ron Troupe (cameo)
- Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
- General Zod (flashback, cameo)
- Ursa (flashback, cameo)
- Non (flashback, cameo)
Credits
- Script: Geoff Johns
- Pencils: Gary Frank
- Inks: Jon Sibal
- Letters: Rob Leigh
- Colors: Jan Solheim
Story Notes
Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. The planet Larroo was the home of the aliens responsible for Ultra the Multi-Alien.
DC Nation #121 [July 9, 2008]
Credits
- Script: Roy Threadgill
Story Notes
Ian interviews Mike Siglain about upcoming JSA: Kingdom Come specials. Ads for Action Comics #868, Booster Gold #1,000,000, Final Crisis: Requiem #1, and Joker's Asylum: Penguin #1. Appears on page 34 in this issue.
House Advertisements (1)
Story Notes
House ads for: Final Crisis (August 2008 checklist), Trinity, The Real Power of the DC Universe (women of DC, 2 pages), Wonder Woman (Whom the Gods Forsake), Reign in Hell, Batman the Dark Knight deluxe collector figures, and Superman: Last Son hardcover. Appear in various places in this issue.
Ads (1)
Story Notes
Total of 4 one-page ads for: Avatar the Last Airbender Book 3: Fire Volume 4 (DVD, Paramount), HAR HAR THARSday Nights: Chowder/Flapjack/Island (TV, Cartoon Network), Hubba Bubba Glop (gum, Wrigleys), and Batman Battle Rolls Fruit Roll-Ups (fruit snacks, Betty Crocker). Appear in various places in this issue.