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856November 2007
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Action Comics #856

DC · November 2007 · on sale 2007-10-03

First appearance: Bizarro-Wonder WomanOrigin: Bizarro-Lois1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#856
Publication date
November 2007
Key date
2007-11-00
On-sale date
2007-10-03
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$2.99; 3.65 CAD
Pages
44
Barcode
76194120001985611
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bizarro-Wonder Woman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Bizarro-Lois.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Escape from Bizarro World Part Twocover1pencils: Eric Powell; inks: Eric PowellBizarro
1Escape from Bizarro World Chapter 2comic story22script: Geoff Johns, Richard Donner; pencils: Eric Powell; inks: Eric Powell; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Rob LeighBizarro, Bizarro-Batman, Bizarro-Flash, Bizarro-Lois Origin, Bizarro-Luthor, Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen, Bizarro-Perry White, Bizarro-Wonder Woman First, Jor-El, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Superman
2DC Nation 80 [September 26, 2007]in-house column1script: Jann Jones
4House Advertisementspromo (ad from the publisher)7letters: ?; typeset

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07098930410914

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: Escape from Bizarro World #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-1794-5		2008On eBay ›
Superman: Escape from Bizarro World #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2033-4		2009On eBay ›
Superman: The Last Son: The Deluxe Edition #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77950-911-6		2021On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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