CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #970

DC · Series began 2011 · February 2017

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Dates

Cover date: February 2017
On sale: December 28, 2016
In stores: December 28, 2016
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #970 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition (original)$2.99 cover

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

Barcode 76194134388497011
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Gary Frank Cover

Barcode 76194134388497021
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Newsstand edition$3.99 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 09256730410370
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Variant CoverMetron
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Story arc: Men of Steel

This is part 4 of 6. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Patrick Zircherinks: Patrick Zirchercolors: Arif Prianto, Ulises Arreolascript: Dan Jurgensletters: Rob Leigh

Stories

Men of Steel, Part 4 · 20 pages

Publisher’s description

Godslayer’s origin reveals him to be very different than the Man of Steel imagined! Will even the threat of universal Armageddon be enough to make Superman sacrifice Lex Luthor?

Reprinted in

Superman: Action Comics (2017), Superman: Action Comics Rebirth Deluxe Edition (2017), Superman: Action Comics by Dan Jurgens Omnibus (2025)