| Issue | #842 |
| Published | October 2006 |
| Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD |
| Pages | 40 |
| Editing | Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate) |
| Notes | This issue went on sale 2006-08-30. Kurt Busiek confirmed to Allen Ross at the Baltimore Comic-Con on 2006-09-10 that he wrote the cover copy for this cover. |
| Characters | Superman; the Auctioneer; Killer Frost; Parasite; Catman; Livewire |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Kurt Busiek |
| Pencils | Dave Gibbons (signed) |
| Inks | Dave Gibbons (signed) |
| Colors | Moose Baumann (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This issue went on sale 2006-08-30. Kurt Busiek confirmed to Allen Ross at the Baltimore Comic-Con on 2006-09-10 that he wrote the cover copy for this cover. |
| Reprinted | in Superman: Back In Action (DC, 2007 series) #nn [minus the issue number, date, CCA stamp, and the UPC]. |
| Characters | Superman; The Auctioneer; Teen Titans [Kid Devil; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wonder Girl [Cassie Sandsmark]; Cyborg; Ravager; Flash [Bart Allen]]; Wonder Woman; Batman (cameo); Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Catwoman (cameo); Blue Beetle [Jaime Reyes] (cameo); Knockout (cameo); Catman (cameo); Hourman [Rick Tyler] (cameo); Stargirl (cameo); Nightwing; Firestorm [Jason Rusch]; Blue Jay; Skyrocket; Veteran; Livewire; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Packaging Unit Tau-Tau 7; Meg Tempest (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); General Hastings; Sabrina McCaffey |
| Synopsis | Superman confronts the Auctioneer, who finds it interesting that there is a Kryptonian on the Earth. He scans for others, finds Supergirl too, but then also finds a mysterious third Kryptonian. With that discovery, he decides to cease stealing houses of worship, and instead start taking all metahumans (good and evil), starting with Superman. The Joint Chiefs continue to monitor the situation, and discuss whether the disappearance of the metahumans is a good thing or not. Mister Terrific notes the disappearance, and sends out a general alert. Nightwing picks it up, and decides to hitch a ride on one of the robots with Firestorm to find out what happened. Superman finds himself trapped with hundreds of other metahumans. Nightwing and Firestorm arrive, and Firestorm loses his powers, but they search for the missing people. Superman, Skyrocket, and Livewire are able to talk to each other, and manage to break out, just as Nightwing and Firestorm find them. They team with the others who were in the same "cell"; Veteran, Blue Jay, and Aquaman; all have lost their (non-mechanical) powers except Livewire. The robots sense the escape, and try to stop it, but the team defeats them. Arguments are made over who should be leader, but Superman and Nightwing are busy trying to get information from a data terminal. Nightwing hacks in, and Superman goads Livewire into setting up a link with the outside world to Mr. Terrific; she achieves not only that, but also to the whole world. Mr. Terrific figures out the schematics to the space ship, and directs them to the power bay. He determines that the power damping equipment is on the other side of the power core below them, but the only way to get to it is through the core, which is unsafe. The core can be disrupted, but only for 7 seconds before the backup kicks in. While the "leaders" argue about what to do, Superman tells them he will jump in, and to disrupt the core 13 seconds after he jumps, so he can destroy the damping equipment. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Kurt Busiek (script, plot); Fabian Nicieza (plot) |
| Pencils | Pete Woods |
| Inks | Pete Woods |
| Colors | Brad Anderson |
| Letters | Nick J. Napolitano |
| Notes | Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue. |
| Reprinted | in Superman: Back In Action (DC, 2007 series) #nn [minus the credits and next issue blurb]. |
| Script | Dan Didio |
| Notes | Dan shows pictures from the San Diego Comic-Con, and mentions the upcoming Baltimore Comic-Con. Ads for Action Comics #843, Justice #7, Trials of Shazam #1, and Action Comics #842. Appears on page 38 in this issue. |
| Notes | Total of 16 one-page ads for: Captain Underpants (books, Scholastic), Let play out, Let adventure in (Verb), Wonka Laffy Taffy (candy, Nestle), Cars The Videogame (game, Buena Vista Games), Justice League (frozen novelties), Lego Batman Set #7783 and 7784 with Secret Files and Origins of The Batcave (toy, Lego), Wonka Sour Nerds (candy, Nestle), Scooby Doo Push-Up (frozen Slushy, Nestle), Avatar Secret of the Fire Nation (TV movie, Nickelodeon), Avatar the Last Airbender (products, Nickelodeon), Monster House (video game, THQ), OK To Play? (video game ratings, Entertainment Software Rating Board), YinYangYo (TV, Jetix), The Replacements (TV, Disney), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigley), and Brother Bear 2 (DVD, Disney). Appear in various places in this issue. |