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RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:26:09 GMT

The latest solicitation is out...

ACTION COMICS #874
Written by James Robinson
Art by Pablo Raimondi
Cover by Aaron Lopresti
An “Origins and Omens” issue! Mon-El has been trapped in the Phantom Zone since Superman was a teenager, and now he might finally be able to return to Earth! But how will he overcome the fatal lead poisoning that kept him away for so long? And with all the changes the blockbuster “New Krypton” storyline wrought, would he even recognize the planet he left behind?
Meanwhile, life continues to be difficult for Superman thanks to Earth’s growing anti-Kryptonian sentiment. “New Krypton” may be over, but its fallout has only begun! To be continued in SUPERMAN #685, which you can find on page 68!
On sale February 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:33:16 GMT

The latest solicitation is out...

ACTION COMICS #873
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Pete Woods
Cover by Ladrönn
The “New Krypton” finale and a “Faces of Evil” issue! The rapidly rising tensions between the people of Kandor and Earth can only lead to expulsion or war! But even as the governments of Earth begin passing anti-Kryptonian laws, Superman's people have plans of their own – beyond anything you can imagine! Writer Geoff Johns and artist Pete Woods (SUPERMAN: NEW KRYPTON SPECIAL #1) wrap up this cosmically important chapter in Superman’s life by introducing a major change to The Man of Steel’s status quo!
On sale January 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:46:12 GMT

Here is my current progress with this title as shown by my CPG checklist. Issues in Bold are the ones I have so far...

ACTION COMICS

Volume 1 (1938-Current)

0 1 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 1G 1H 1I 1J 1K 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 80A 81 81A 82 83 84 84A 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 402A 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 480A 481 481A 481B 482 482A 482B 483 483A 483B 484 484A 485 485A 485B 486 486A 486B 487 487A 488 488A 489 489A 490 490A 490B 491 491A 491B 492 492A 492B 493 493A 494 494A 495 495A 495B 496 496A 496B 497 497A 497B 498 498A 498B 499 499A 499B 500 501 501A 501B 502 502A 502B 503 503A 503B 504 504A 504B 505 505A 505B 506 506A 506B 507 507A 507B 508 508A 508B 509 509A 510 510A 511 511A 512 512A 513 513A 514 514A 515 515A 516 516A 517 517A 518 518A 519 519A 520 520A 521 521A 522 522A 523 523A 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 597A 598 598A 599 599A 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 662B 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 683A 683B 684 684A 684B 685 685A 685B 686 687 687A 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 695A 696 697 698 699 700 700A 700B 701 701A 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 720A 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 775B 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 812B 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 829B 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 837A 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 844A 844B 845 845A 846 847 848 849 850 851 851A 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 858A 858B 859 859B 860 860B 861 861A 862 862B 863 863A 864 865 866 866A 867 868 869 869A 870 870A 1,000,000 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A10A A11 A11A

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:01:41 GMT

ACTION COMICS #872
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Pete Woods
Cover by Gary Frank
Variant cover by Chris Sprouse
“New Krypton” part 7! As Superman attempts to free the other cities and abductees from Brainiac's ship – including the original monster military unit, the Creature Commandos – Lex Luthor experiments on Brainiac himself. Meanwhile, rebuilt and out for blood, Metallo and Reactron attack, and a major turning point for one of our characters sheds a dark shadow across all that is good.
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Gary Frank), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Chris Sprouse). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale December 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

marmat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:08:44 GMT

At least you own a piece of it

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

he11blazer — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:40:31 GMT

Would you believe, this is the only (piece of an) Action Comics issue I own? Guess I was too hooked on Marvels back in the day.

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Epcomics — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:49:46 GMT

Why is Superman wimpy looking now?

Anyways, I have only 19 issues of this series.

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:28:42 GMT

ACTION COMICS #871
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Pete Woods
Cover by Alex Ross
Variant cover by Stephane Roux
“New Krypton” part 4! With thousands of Kryptonians being integrated into human society, the world believes they'll be watched over and protected across the globe. But not everyone was raised by Ma and Pa Kent. Meanwhile, the experiments on Brainiac continue as his mysterious captor builds an army against the Man of Steel and his people.
Plus, who are the new Nightwing and Flamebird?
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Alex Ross), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Stephane Roux). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale November 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:23:21 GMT

ACTION COMICS #870
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank and Jon Sibal
Cover by Gary Frank
Variant cover by Andy Kubert
The “Brainiac" finale! It's Superman versus Brainiac with everything at stake! No longer content to simply eradicate Superman, Brainiac is now determined to destroy Earth like so many other planets he's left in his wake. But Brainiac's ship is full of many bottles, inside of which some surprise guest-stars lurk! And while hope may blossom on Brainiac's ship, there's one life even the Man of Steel can't save.
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Gary Frank), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Andy Kubert). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale October 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:13:57 GMT

Now on 631. Struggling to finish off the Whitman Logo variants at present.

Earl.

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:17:33 GMT

The solicitation copy for issue 869 is now out...

ACTION COMICS #869
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank & Jon Sibal
Cover by Gary Frank
“Brainiac” part 4 of 5! Krypton’s greatest adversary has set his sights on Superman and his homeworld as his endless quest for absolute knowledge continues. But the horrors within Brainiac’s ship are nothing compared to the alien behind it. Superman’s world is about to change as the build-up to the Superman event of 2008 races towards its conclusion!
On sale September 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:12:50 GMT

On sale Wednesday...

ACTION COMICS #865
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jesus Merino
Cover by Kevin Maguire
The Flash has Captain Cold and Gorilla Grodd. Batman has the Joker and Two-Face. Superman has Lex Luthor and…the terrible Toyman? Take a look inside the mind of one of Superman’s strangest and most twisted adversaries as the original Toyman, Winslow Schott, returns to Metropolis. Plus, an alien who is everything Superman isn’t is heading towards Earth. And he’s not alone.
On sale May 28 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

jeddy — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:03:23 GMT

Current Total - 496 issues

My oldest is 204

My consecutive run is from 414 to 774 (1972 to 2001)

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:18:22 GMT

This is my oldest Action Comics. I have owned this copy for over a decade...

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

AuburnTiger — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:14:17 GMT

245 for me

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

andru24 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:40:10 GMT

I am currently at 121

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:45:21 GMT

Out this week...

ACTION COMICS #863
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank & Jonathan Sibal
Covers by Frank
It’s the grand finale to the 6-part “Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes!” To save the galaxy, Superman and the Legion must clear the good name of Krypton’s Last Son, but to do that, they must defeat the greatest villains of their time: the JLA! Featuring a stunning “Superman and The Legion of Super-Heroes” cover plus a “Superman Triumphant” variant cover, both by Gary Frank!
Retailers please note: This issue will feature two covers that may be ordered separately. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (featuring “Superman and The Legion of Super-Heroes” cover by Gary Frank), retailers may order one Variant Edition (featuring “Superman Triumphant” cover by Frank). See the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale April 2 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

RE: Action Comics Collecting Thread

Earl Davis — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:26:33 GMT

[b]ACTION COMICS[/b]

[img]http://www.comicspriceguide.com/images/covers/198/101953.jpg[/img]

[b]Runs Declared Without Variants[/b]

[b]Sets Declared With Variants[/b]

617...Earl
607...Mark
215...Shavagonew
061...Ruk
019...Marmat

Action Comics Collecting Thread

marmat — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:07:06 GMT

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