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Superman: Action Comics #1

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Series: Superman: Action Comics (DC, 2024 series)
Issue: #1
Issue title: Rise of Metallo
Publication date: [May] 2024
Key date: 2024-05-00
On-sale date: 2024-03-05
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $16.99; 22.99 CAD
Pages: 148
Barcode: 978177952473751699
ISBN: 978-1-77952-473-7

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan Mora; inks: Dan Mora; colors: Dan Mora	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Jon Kent]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Steel [Natasha Irons]; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra
1	-	credits, title page	4	letters: typeset
2	Action Comics #1051 Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Dan Mora; inks: Dan Mora; colors: Dan Mora	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Jon Kent]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Steel [Natasha Irons]; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra
3	Speeding Bullets, Part 1	comic story	20	script: Phillip Kennedy Johnson; pencils: Rafa Sandoval; inks: Rafa Sandoval; colors: Matt Herms; letters: Dave Sharpe	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Superman [Jon Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Steel [Natasha Irons]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra; Lois Lane; Krypto; Kelex; Metallo [John Corben]; Lex Luthor
4	Action Comics #1052 Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Beach; inks: Steve Beach; colors: Steve Beach	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Osul-Ra; Otho-Ra; Superman [Jon Kent]; Steel [Natasha Irons]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
5	House of Metallo	comic story	20	script: Phillip Kennedy Johnson; pencils: Rafa Sandoval; inks: Rafa Sandoval; colors: Matt Herms; letters: Dave Sharpe	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Steel [Natasha Irons]; Lois Lane; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra; Krypto; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Superman [Jon Kent]; Metallo [John Corben]; Lex Luthor; Tracy Corben
6	Action Comics #1053 Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Beach; inks: Steve Beach; colors: Steve Beach	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Metallo [John Corben] (hand only)
7	Unmade	comic story	20	script: Phillip Kennedy Johnson; pencils: Rafa Sandoval; inks: Rafa Sandoval; colors: Matt Herms; letters: Dave Sharpe	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Lois Lane; Super-Twins [Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra]; Krypto; Superman [Jon Kent]; Lex Luthor; Metallo [John Corben]; Tracy Corben (hologram)
8	Action Comics #1054 Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Beach; inks: Steve Beach; colors: Steve Beach	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (fist only)
9	Power Like This!	comic story	20	script: Phillip Kennedy Johnson; pencils: Max Raynor; inks: Max Raynor; colors: Matt Herms; letters: Dave Sharpe	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Superman [Jon Kent]; Super-Twins [Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra]; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben]; Tracy Corben (hologram); Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Lisa Lombard
10	Action Comics #1055 Cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Sebastián Fiumara; inks: Sebastián Fiumara; colors: Sebastián Fiumara	Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]
11	Tech Alive	comic story	20	script: Phillip Kennedy Johnson; pencils: Rafa Sandoval; inks: Rafa Sandoval; colors: Matt Herms; letters: Dave Sharpe	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Superman [Jon Kent]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Steel [Natasha Irons]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Super-Twins [Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra]; Krypto; Kelex; Metallo [John Corben]; Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Eradicator; Lex
12	Action Comics #1056	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Beach; inks: Steve Beach; colors: Steve Beach	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Metallo [John Corben]
13	Ex Machina	comic story	20	script: Phillip Kennedy Johnson; pencils: Rafa Sandoval, Max Raynor; inks: Rafa Sandoval, Max Raynor; colors: Matt Herms; letters: Dave Sharpe	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Metallo [John Corben]; Tracy Corben; Super-Twins [Otho-Ra; Osul-Ra]; Superboy [Conner Kent]; Eradicator; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Jon Kent]; Steel [Natasha Irons]; Super-Man of China [Kong Kenan]; Kele
14	Design Gallery	illustration	6	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset

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