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Action Comics #844

DC · Series began 1938 · December 2006

Dates

Cover date
December 2006
On sale
October 25, 2006
Pages
40

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #844 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct Sales

    Barcode 76194120001984411

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  • 2nd printing

    Second Printing

    Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

    Barcode 76194120001984412

    This edition’s page
  • Andy Kubert / Jesse Delperdang Cover

    Barcode 76194120001984421

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07447030410412

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Adam Kubertinks: Adam Kubertcolors: Adam Kubert, Dave Stewartscript: Geoff Johns, Richard Donnerletters: Rob Leigh

Stories

  • Last Son Part One · 22 pages

    Superman sees a ship landing and stops it from crashing. Opening it, he finds a boy. He takes the boy to the Department of Metahuman Affairs and its director, Sarge Steel, where the boy shows super-strength and speaks Kryptonese. The two talk and then Superman tells him he'll be back. In the morning, Superman finds the building empty. He goes to the Pentagon, and breaks in to confront Sarge Steel. Steel admits the boy is being transferred. Superman uses human means to stop the convoy, and spirits the boy away, taking him to his adoptive parents for advice on how to raise a boy from Krypton.

Reprinted in

Superman: Last Son (2008), Superman: Last Son (2009), Superman: The Last Son of Krypton FCBD Special Edition (2013), Superman: Last Son of Krypton (2013), Superman: The Last Son: The Deluxe Edition (2021)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.