Dates
- Cover date
- December 2008
- On sale
- October 8, 2008
- In stores
- October 8, 2008
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #870 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098930410970
This edition’s page
Story arc: Brainiac
This is part 5 of 5. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Action Comics #866
- Action Comics #867
- Action Comics #868
- Action Comics #869
- Action Comics #870
Also part of: New Krypton
Creators
Stories
- Brainiac Finale · 22 pages
Superman and Supergirl battle Brainiac and restore Metropolis. Jonathan Kent dies from a heart attack after saving Martha's life.
Publisher’s description
The "Brainiac" finale--Superman versus Brainiac with everything at stake! No longer content to simply eradicate Superman, Brainiac is 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.
Reprinted in
Superman: Brainiac (2009), Superman: Brainiac (2010), Superman: Last Son of Krypton (2013)