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Action Comics #853

DC · Series began 1938 · Early October 2007

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Dates

Cover date: Early October 2007
On sale: August 1, 2007
In stores: August 1, 2007
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #853 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct Sales

Barcode 76194120001985311
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098930410911
This edition’s page

Story arc: Countdown to Final Crisis

This is part 23 of 97. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Brad Walkerinks: John Livesaycolors: Pete Pantazis, Lee Loughridgescript: Kurt Busiek, Fred Haynesletters: Jared K. Fletcher

Stories

3-2-1 Action! Part 2 The Signal · 22 pages
The lab monkey from the tests that created the Kryptonite Man is on the loose, and finds the Kryptonite Man, helping him escape. Jimmy has become a hero, Mr. Action, and debates what to do next. Kryptonite Man takes over Rydertech's labs. Jimmy finds out about it, and as Mr. Action attacks, but is defeated. Superman tracks them down, but is overcome also. As he is tied up in the back, Jimmy doesn't know that Superman's there, and constructs another hypersonic signal device. The signal is answered by Krypto.

Publisher’s description

3-2-1 Action continues with the Kryptonite Man on the loose, Mr. Action on the prowl and Superman on the ropes! Plus, a certain long-lost superdog returns...but what does fate hold for Jimmy Olsen?

Reprinted in

Superman: 3-2-1 Action! (2008)