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Action Comics #879

DC · Series began 1938 · September 2009

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Dates

Cover date: September 2009
On sale: July 15, 2009
In stores: July 15, 2009
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #879 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

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Barcode 76194120001987911
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Newsstand edition

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Barcode 07099230410379
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Story arc: World Without Superman

This is part 14 of 15. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Andrew Robinson, Cafu, Diego Olmos, Matthew Clarkinks: Andrew Robinson, Cafu, Diego Olmos, BIT, John Livesaycolors: Andrew Robinson, Rod Reis, Santiago Arcas, Guy Majorscript: Greg Rucka, James Robinson, Keith Giffen, Ian Sattlerletters: Rob Leigh, Pat Brosseauediting: Liz Marsham, Sean Ryan

Stories

The Sleepers Part 5 · 20 pages
Codename: Assassin and his army of creatures fight Nightwing, Flamebird, Nadira Va-Dim, and Az-Rel. The latter two flee, and Nightwing also escapes, but Flamebird is captured. Codename: Assassin digs into her mind, but that releases the power of the ancient Flamebird from her. Nightwing catches up with Nadira and Az-Rel; they fight, but the fight endangers civilians, so Nightwing stops to help them as the others flee. Flamebird catches up, saving the remaining people. Lois visits her father's grave, as Mon-El stops by at Lois' request. They analyze the body, discovering it is not Sam Lane's body. Codename: Assassin reports in to General Lane on what happened; Mirabi disappears, reappearing a while later with Nadira and Az-Rel captured.
Chapter One · Captain Atom · 10 pages
Captain Atom finds himself on a mission to destroy an enemy base that is a danger to the government. He attacks a castle, defended by an army of medieval warriors, but with ogres and warriors on strange beasts. His is easily winning the battle, but suddenly flashes back to a meeting of the Justice League, and then collapses.

Publisher’s description

So far, Nightwing and Flamebird's mission of apprehending Zod's sleeper agents has gone fairly smoothly. But then they met Az-Rel and Nadira Va-Dim. Now the "Bonnie and Clyde of Krypton" have turned the tables on Earth's newest protectors. The race to prevent war with New Krypton may be over before it's even begun! And it's all in preparation for next month's crossover event in the SUPERMAN books! Plus: The debut of the Captain Atom co-feature written by Greg Rucka (DETECTIVE COMICS) and James Robinson (STARMAN), the writers of SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON! Where has Captain Atom been all this time? And is he back on the side of good – or still on the side of evil? Find out here in an adventure featuring Art by Cafu (VIXEN: RETURN OF THE LION).

Reprinted in

Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird (2010), Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird (2011), DC Comics Presents: Captain Atom (2012)